Cymothoa indica (Isopoda; Cymothoidae) and Alitropus typus (Isopoda; Aegidae) on freshwater fish Tilapia mossambica (Cichlidae) in Vellar estuary, Southeast coast of India
oleh: G. Rameshkumar, S. Ravichandran
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| Diterbitkan: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2010-09-01 |
Deskripsi
The study was carried out to establish the extent of double parasitation of two species of isopods Cymothoa indica and Alitropus typus on Tilapia mossambica. Cymothoa indica, a typical Indo-Pacific genus, and A. typus, a common crustacean parasite of fish in Southeast Asia, which feeds by sucking blood species, are reported by the first time in the freshwater fish Tilapia from Vellar estuary.