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Molecular confirmation of metacercaria of Clinostomum complanatum recovered from one-stripe spiny eel Macrognathus aral

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Title Molecular confirmation of metacercaria of Clinostomum complanatum recovered from one-stripe spiny eel Macrognathus aral
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Creator Asit Kumar Bera
Nilemesh Das
Shreya Bhattacharya
Ramesh Chandra Malick
Himanshu Sekhar Swain
Hemanta Chowdhury
Archana Sinha
Sanjib Kumar Manna
Uttam Kumar Sarkar
Basanta Kumar Das
 
Subject 18S rDNA, Clinostomum complanatum, Macrognathus aral, metacercaria, ornamental fish
 
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The one-stripe
spiny eel (Macrognathus aral, Bloch & Schneider, 1801) under the family
Mastacembelidae, a native ornamental fish, were collected from the freshwater
ponds and canals of West Bengal, with a purpose to raise the colony as ornamental
fish broodstock. During acclimatization, fish were found to be lethargic and reluctant
to consume feed followed by the appearance of deep wounds and red patches on
the ventral part of the body surface. There was a mortality of 40.49% of affected
fish within the next 48 hours. Post-mortem
examinations revealed the presence of
metacercariae inside the body cavity and on internal organs, spreading up to the buccal
cavity. The abundance of the parasite was 15 to 36 numbers per fish. The length
of the metacercaria varied from 5.2 mm to 9.8 mm. The metacercariae were identified
as Clinostomum complanatum by light microscopy. Further, molecular confirmation of
identification was done using PCR amplification and sequencing of the 18S RNA gene.
This is the first report of metacercarial infestation of Clinostomum complanatum with
molecular confirmation in indigenous M. aral with high ornamental value.
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Date 2021-08-12T10:10:14Z
2021-08-12T10:10:14Z
2021-04-10
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
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Language English
 
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Publisher Wiley