This study is an attempt to unravel the infection pattern of the Caryophyllaeid tapeworm, Adenoscolex oreini and its association with water quality, planktonic copepods and health traits of fish in a highly stressed lake. Prevalence differed significantly (P < 0·05) among different fish species with highest infection recorded in Schizothorax niger (% = 36·74) compared to Schizothorax esocinus (...

workers (Aitken, 1901; Alcock, 1902; Fry, 1912; Hora, 1927; Graves, 1930; Prashad and Hora, 1936; Covell, 1927 and 1941) confirmed the utility of larvivorous fish in India. The Top Minnow extensively used in Italy, South America and West Indies, and imported into India about 1929 from Italy and Siam, has established its reputation as a valuable larvicide. Three imported and twentytwo indigenous...

Cyprinus carpio communis Linnaeus, Carassius carassius Linnaeus, Schizothorax curvifrons Heckel and Triplophysa marmorata species of fishes were captured from Anchar Lake and river Jhelum of Kashmir Himalaya for hematological and parasitological analysis. During the investigation haemoflagellates from the genus Babesiosoma and Trypanosoma were recorded in the blood smears. Trypanosomes were pre...

The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Aspiorhynchus laticeps was determined. The length of the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of A. laticeps is 16,591 bp, which consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and a non-coding region 'D-loop'. Except for the D-loop, another non-coding region named repl...

We examined the variation of stomach nematode intensity and species richness of Alligator mississippiensis from coastal estuarine and inland freshwater habitats in Florida and Georgia, and integrated prey content data to predict possible intermediate hosts. Nematode parasitism within inland freshwater inhabiting populations was found to have a higher intensity and species richness than those in...