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Four New Species of Myxosporidia from the Indian Fresh Water Fish Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch
Author(s) -
BHATT V. S.,
SIDDIQUI WASIM A.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1964.tb01761.x
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , fresh water fish , biology , myxobolus , zoology , spore , fresh water , fishery , botany , gill
SYNOPSIS. Four new species of Myxosporidia have been described from Ophicephalus punctatus , a fresh water fish of North India: Myxobolus aligarhensis n. sp., M. ophicephali n. sp., Unicauda basiri n. sp., and Henneguya zahoori n. sp. Observations have been made on some stages of their life‐cycle other than the spores.