Open AccessSpirocamallanus sindensis n. sp. from Catfish Rita rita (Siluriformes: Bagridae) of Pakistan
Author(s) -
Hira Soofi,
Nadir Ali Birmani,
Abdul Rasool Abbasi,
Arifa Bhutto
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pakistan journal of scientific and industrial research. series b: biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2223-2567
pISSN - 2221-6421
DOI - 10.52763/pjsir.biol.sci.65.1.2022.5.10
Subject(s) - catfish , biology , anatomy , zoology , genus , appendage , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery
The aimed of present studies to examination of helminth parasites of Indus river Siluriformes catfishes. 57 (41 + and 16 ) specimens were collected from 31 hosts fishes Rita rita (F. Hamilton, 1822) belong to genus Spirocamallanus (Baylis, 1923) processes as live specimen were killed in hot 70% ethanol, preserved, made temporary mounts for detail study. On the basis of differential characters such as body shape and size, striated cuticle format, buccal capsule shape and 13-14 spiral numbers, cephalic and cervical papillae, basal ring shape, spicules shape and size, vulva position and shape, vagina shape, the new species Spirocamallanus sindensis identified.