Co-infection of Yellowtip Halfbeak Fish (Hemiramphus marginatus) with Isopod and Copepod Parasites from the Coromandal Coast, India

Parasitic fish diseases constitute one of the most important problems in fisheries sector. Among fish parasites, cymothoids are obligatory parasites, infesting mostly commercially important fishes. They are protandric hermaphrodites and blood suckers, living on the skin, gill filaments, or in the mouth of the fishes. These parasites retard growth and cause emaciation followed by death. Pathological conditions resulting from parasitic diseases assume high magnitude of epidemics under crowded and other unnatural conditions among fish.Isopod parasite of the family Cymothoidae under order Beloniformes have been reported from about 350 fish species and over 80% of these occurrence are from tropical and subtropical seas, majority being from the Indo-Malaysian archipelago (Lester, 1995)

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Occurrence of philometra lateolabracis (philometridae) in the subcutaneous caudal fin region of sciaenid fishes of Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME), Tamil Nadu (India)

Present study consists the prevalence of philometrid nematode, Philometra lateolabracis infections in two species of Sciaenid fishes along the Madras coastal water, Bay of Bengal during December, 2008 to July, 2012. Out of total 295 sciaenid fishes, examined, Otolithes ruber and Pennahia macrophthalmus showed 70% & 32.5% of parasitic prevalence on the subcutaneous region on caudal fins. The number of parasitic worms per fish varied from 1 to 7 with an average of 3.18±1.64. Parasites length varies from 5-16 mm with an average of 11.18±4.62 mm. The minimum and maximum sizes and weight of Sciaenid fishes were caught from Kasimedu landing centre (Chennai) during October-December, 2012 varied from180-287 mm and weight 120-245 gm respectively

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Not AvailablePresent study consists the prevalence of philometrid nematode, Philometra lateolabracis infections in two species of Sciaenid fishes along the Madras coastal water, Bay of Bengal during December, 2008 to July, 2012. Out of total 295 sciaenid fishes, examined, Otolithes ruber and Pennahia macrophthalmus showed 70% & 32.5% of parasitic prevalence on the subcutaneous region on caudal fins. The number of parasitic worms per fish varied from 1 to 7 with an average of 3.18±1.64. Parasites length varies from 5-16 mm with an average of 11.18±4.62 mm. The minimum and maximum sizes and weight of Sciaenid fishes were caught from Kasimedu landing centre (Chennai) during October-December, 2012 varied from180-287 mm and weight 120-245 gm respectively.Not Availabl

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