Infection of the parasitic isopods on commercial fishes of the northern part of the east coast of India.

ABSTRACT: The present study reports the parasitic isopod infection on commercial fishes of the northern part of the east coast of India collected during the period 2010-2015 from the marine waters of Odisha and West Bengal. During the study, 394 isopods were collected after examining 2668 fishes. These include 14 species of isopods, out of which 13 belong to 5 genera under the family Cymothoidae, and a single species Alitropus typus belongs to the family: Aegidae. Of theses, 03 species viz., Catoessa boscii, Cymothoa eremita and Nerocila loveni are first record to the northern part of east coast of India. Out of the 2668 fishes examined, 326 examples belonging to 34 species under 19 different families were infected by different isopods. Members of the host fish family Car

SUBMITTER: Ray D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9177917 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature