Cymothoa indica (Isopoda; Cymothoidae) and Alitropus typus (Isopoda; Aegidae) on freshwater fish Tilapia mossambica (Cichlidae) in Vellar estuary, Southeast coast of India

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  • G. Rameshkumar Annamalai University Parangipetta
  • S. Ravichandran Annamalai University Parangipetta

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2010v23n3p67

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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 mossambica from Vellar estuary.

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2010-01-01

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