Table 1.
Study sites with dates, fish species with size details, trypanosome and leech prevalences
| Site and date |
Fishes |
Prevalence of trypanosomes in fishes | Prevalence of fishes with leeches (total number of leeches; adults or juveniles) | Prevalence of trypanosome stages in leeches (leech adults or juveniles) | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | No | TL ± SD (range) in cm | |||||
| Mouille Point October 2003 |
Clinus agilis |
1 |
8 |
1/1 (100%) |
0/1 |
- |
[15] |
| Koppie Alleen October 2003 |
Clinus cottoides |
47 |
6.4 ± 1.8 (2.6-8.9) |
10/47 (21%) |
9/47 (19%) (9 leeches; 8 adults, 1 juvenile) |
8/9 (89%) (7 adults, 1 juvenile) |
[15] |
|
Parablennius cornutus |
3 |
7.2, 8.4, 9.1 |
2/3 (67%) |
1/3 (33%) (1 leech; 1 adult) |
1/1 (100%) (1 adult) |
[15] |
|
| Tsitsitkamma April 2008 |
Caffrogobius nudiceps |
6 |
11.0 ± 0.9 (10.1-12.6) |
0/6 (0%) |
0/6 (0%) |
- |
This study |
|
Clinus superciliosus |
16 |
14.0 ± 2.8 (6.4-17.9) |
11/16 (69%) |
4/16 (25%) (7 leeches; 4 adults, 3 juveniles) |
3/7 (43%) (2 adults, 1 juvenile) |
This study |
|
|
Clinus taurus |
2 |
20.6, 15.4 |
1/2 (50%) |
1/2 (50%) (1 leech; adult) |
1/1 (100%) (1 adult) |
This study |
|
|
Pavoclinus graminis |
1 |
13.1 |
0/1 (0%) |
0/1 (0%) |
- |
This study |
|
| Tsitsitkamma April 2010 |
Clinus superciliosus |
5 |
13.1 ± 2.2 (9.1-14.9) |
3/5 (60%) |
0/5 (0%) |
- |
This study |
|
Clinus taurus |
1 |
23.3 |
0/1 (0%) |
0/1 (0%) |
- |
This study |
|
| Tsitsitkamma April 2013 |
Clinus superciliosus |
10 |
10.7 ± 2.18 (7.8-14.2) |
0/10 (0%) |
0/10 (0%) |
- |
This study |
| TOTAL | 92 | 28/92 (30%) | 15/92 (16%) (18 leeches; 14 adults, 4 juveniles) | 13/18 (11 adults, 2 juveniles) | |||
No number of fishes, TL fish total length and range in parenthesis, SD standard deviation. Reference to the previous and current study.