Four new Monogenean and a Caryophyllid Cestode Parasites from Indigenous Catfishes of Bangladesh.

Abstract

Investigation ws conducted on helminth infestation in three species of indigenous catfishes namely Ompok pabda, Clupisoma garua and Eutropiichthys vacha from different water bodies of Mymensingh. Netrakona, Habigonj and Sunamgonj districts from June, 2003 to May 2004. Among a good number of helminth parasites collected from these fishes five species of monogenetic treamatodes four of which described here are new species and a caryophylid cestode also as new after critical morphological and taxonomical stuy. The identified monogeneans were Silurodiscoides sudhakari (Gussev, 1976). Eutropiichthys vacha, Silurodiscoides, eutropiichthys n.sp. from Eutropiichthys vacha and Neosprostonia sunamgonji n.sp. from Clupisoma garua and Eutropiichthys vacha. A single caryophyllid Lytocestoides pabai n.sp. was recovered from Ompok pabda