Flies (Diptera) infesting landed fresh water fishes of the Kainji Lake area, Nigeria.

Abstract

Eleven species of flies were found to land indiscriminately on fresh fish in fish monger's sheds. They include Musca domestica, M. lusoria, Fannia canicularis, Stomoxys calcitran, Lyperosia minuta, Chrysomia chloropyga, C. bezziana, Gastrophilus ovis, Tabanus sp, Lucilia cuprina and Sacrophaga haemorrhoidalis. The public health significance of promiscuous landing of flies on fresh fish in relation to disease and fish spoilage are discussed.