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Trematode parasites in fishes from Chilika: Three new records to India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India., India
 

The study reports three species of parasitic trematodes viz. Lecithochirium genypteri Manter, 1954, Opegaster plotosi Yamaguti, 1940 and Saccocoelioides octavus Szidat, 1970 which were collected from the fishes Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), Glossogobius giuris Hamilton, 1822 and Liza parsia (Hamilton, 1822), respectively from the Chilika lake. All the three reported species form new records of Indian fauna, while all three fish species form new host records for the respective parasites. The description and distribution of these parasites have been discussed in the present study.

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Distribution, Glossogobius giuris, Lecithochirium genypteri, Liza parsia, Opegaster plotosi, Polydactylus sextarius, Saccocoelioides octavus.
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Authors

A Ghosh
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India., India
A N Rizvi
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India., India

Abstract


The study reports three species of parasitic trematodes viz. Lecithochirium genypteri Manter, 1954, Opegaster plotosi Yamaguti, 1940 and Saccocoelioides octavus Szidat, 1970 which were collected from the fishes Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), Glossogobius giuris Hamilton, 1822 and Liza parsia (Hamilton, 1822), respectively from the Chilika lake. All the three reported species form new records of Indian fauna, while all three fish species form new host records for the respective parasites. The description and distribution of these parasites have been discussed in the present study.

Keywords


Distribution, Glossogobius giuris, Lecithochirium genypteri, Liza parsia, Opegaster plotosi, Polydactylus sextarius, Saccocoelioides octavus.

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