Xiphophorus hellerii Diseases
MainRef: Moravec, F. 1998  
Disease name: Mexiconema Infestation Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)  
Country: Mexico   Year:  
Locality: States of Veracruz, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo  
Diseases occurred in: eggs fry females in the wild
  larvae juveniles males  in culture
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Remarks: Infestation commonly occcurs in the abdominal cavity, mesenteries, swimmbladder, liver, spleen, kidney, intestinal lumen, serous membrane of the intestine and rarely in the skin below the scales. The infection were reported by Moravec, Vidal and Salgado-Maldonado (1992); Moravec, Jiménez-García and Salgado-Maldonado (1998).  
 
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