First record of the genus Hennegoides Lom, Tonguthai and Dykova, 1991 from Punjab (India) infecting the catfish, Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839).

ABSTRACT: Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839) the Giant river-catfish, is one of the largest freshwater catfish of Indian sub-continent and commonly called as singhara and seenghala. Catfish is a favourite food fish due to its palatability with high nutritional value. S. seenghala (25-27 cm in length) were procured from Chamkaur Sahib, a sub divisional town in the district of Rupnagar in the Indian State of Punjab. Prominent pale, thread-like plasmodia of Hennegoides seenghalae n. sp. were observed on the gills and histological examination located them in the epithelial lining of the gill filament (Intrafilamental epithelial type, FE). The prevalence was 32% (12 fish were infected out of 37 examined). The total myxospore length of He. seenghalae was 46.6 μm with myxospore bod

SUBMITTER: Nissa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7750446 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature