Thabo Kenneth Matea

1 Introduction Paracamallanus cyathopharynx (Baylis, 1923) is the only Paracamallanus that infects African freshwater fishes (Moravec 2019). It is widely distributed in African aquatic systems and infects various silurids, including the Mochokidae, Schilbeidae, Clariidae, and Bagridae (Moravec 2019). In the host, it parasitises the distal intestine and rectum (Boomker 1982; Moravec and Van As 2015; Moravec 2019; Nofal et al. 2022; Latief et al. 2024). In South Africa, P.

1 Introduction The African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822), is a preferred aquaculture species in Africa, Asia, Hungary and South America (Păpuc et al. 2019). In some African countries, C. gariepinus farming has surpassed that of tilapia (Păpuc et al. 2019), and C. gariepinus has a competitive advantage in aquaculture due to the good meat quality (Oladipo and Bankole 2013) and the high nutritional value derived from protein and fats (Chibwana et al. 2015; Prokešová et al.