STUDIES ON CESTODE PARASITES OF MANIPUR : AN OBSERVATION ON SOME CARYOPHYLLID INFECTIONS IN SOME FRESHWATER FISHES OF MANIPUR

The present paper deals with redescription and new locality report of some caryophyllid, infected in some freshwater fishes found in Loktak Lake, Manipur. Two species of the genus Lytocestus, namely Lytocestus birmanicus Lynsdale, 1956 and Lytocestus bishnupurensis Shomorendra et al. 2003 from fish host Clarias batrachus and Mystus sp., Djombangia penetrans Bovien, 1926 and Capingentoides singhi Verma, 1971 from fish host Clarias batrachus. All the species except L. hishnupurensis are reported for the first time from the state of Manipur