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

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Title 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)
 
Creator Sethi, S.N.
Jithendran, K.P.
Dash, Gadadhar
 
Subject Nematode
Philometra lateolabracis
Otolithes ruber
Pennahia macrophthalmus and Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME)
 
Description 606-610
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.
 
Date 2013-12-13T12:14:45Z
2013-12-13T12:14:45Z
2013-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/24781
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.42(5) [September 2013]