Chapter 6
Alien Freshwater Fauna in South Africa
Olaf L. F. Weyl , Bruce R. Ellender , Ryan J. Wassermann ,
Marliese Truter , Tatenda Dalu , Tsungai A. Zengeya ,
and Nico J. Smit
Abstract Seventy-seven alien freshwater species are currently naturalised in
South Africa. This list includes 7 protozoan, 1 cnidarian, 2 cestode, 13 monogenean,
O. L. F. Weyl (*)
DSI-NRF South African Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology,
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
Centre for Invasion Biology, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda,
South Africa
e-mail: O.Weyl@saiab.ac.za
B. R. Ellender
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
World Wide Fund for Nature Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
R. J. Wassermann
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of
Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana
M. Truter
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West
University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
T. Dalu
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
Department of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Venda, Thohoyandou,
South Africa
T. A. Zengeya
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Cape Town,
South Africa
Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria,
Pretoria, South Africa
N. J. Smit
Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West
University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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