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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India
Novel report of three parasites of wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Information on the parasites infesting wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are reported for the first time. Two copepod parasites, Lernaeenicus seeri Kirtisinghe, 1934 (Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835) and Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840) and a digenean endoparasite Hirudinella ventricosa (Pallas, 1774) Baird, 1853 (Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932) were recovered from the wahoo sampled from Junglighat fish landing center in Port Blair. Prevalence, mean intensity and load of infestation and co-occurrence of parasites are described and discussed.
Copepod parasite, new record, pennellids, endoparasites, trematodes
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