Description of myxosporeans (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) infecting the popular food fish Notopterus notopterus (Pisces: Notopteridae) in Malaysia and India.

ABSTRACT: This study was a co-operative investigation of myxosporean infections of Notopterus notopterus, the bronze featherback, which is a popular food fish in the South Asian region. We examined fish from Lake Kenyir, Malaysia and the River Ganga, Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and observed infections with two myxosporeans: Myxidium cf. notopterum (Myxidiidae) and Henneguya ganapatiae (Myxobolidae), respectively. These species were identified by myxospore morphology, morphometry and host tissue affinity, and the original descriptions supplemented with small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences and phylogenetic analysis. Free myxospores of M. cf. notopterum were found in the gallbladder, and measured 14.7 ± 0.6 μm long and 6.3 ± 0.6 μm wide; host, tissue and

SUBMITTER: Borkhanuddin MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7508694 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature