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Nematodes Parasites from Sciaenids Fishes of Parangipettai, Southeast Coast of India
S. Sudhakar, T. Anbalagan, N. Veerappan, P. Soundrapandian and R. Arumugam
Corresponding Author: S.Sudhakar
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This study has been carried out from December, 2004 to July, 2005 in the sciaenid fishes along
parangipettai coastal waters. The study aimed to establishing the magnitude of parasitization in different fish
species as well as quantifying the relationship between the parasites and their fish hosts. There are 78 fresh
sciaenid fishes belong’s to 6 genus were examined for parasires of which 34.6% i.e. (27/78) showed the
nematode prevalance. Of 10 species of parasites, such as Contracaecum aduncum, Cucullanus
aunulatus, Camallanus truncates, Ascrophis filiformis, Rhaphidascaris acus, Porrocaecum sp.,
Hysterothylacium sp., Rhabdochona sp., Camallanides sp. and Paracanthocephalus gracilacanthus. The
Camallanides sp. shows their presence in two species of Sciaenids namely Johnius soldado and Pseudosciaeno
axillaries. The maximum number of infection (9) was recorded in by the parasite Rhabdochona sp. from the
intestine of the host fishes Pseudosciaeno goldhanni. Among 8 Sciaenid fishes examined Otolithus argenteus,
Kathala axillaries and Nibea maculata were free from parasitic infection in this study.
Key words: Helminth parasite,, nematode and prevalence,, sciaenid, , , ,
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S. Sudhakar, T. Anbalagan, N. Veerappan, P. Soundrapandian and R. Arumugam, . Nematodes Parasites from Sciaenids Fishes of Parangipettai, Southeast Coast of India. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences, (2): Page No: 6-10.
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