Nematode Parasites in a Freshwater Fish Glossogobius giuris(Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) at Lower Manair Dam, KarimnagarDt. Andhra Pradesh, India.

Abstract

The freshwater gobid fish Glossogobius giuris were collected from Lower Manair Dam at every week and all fishes were examined for the presence of internal nematode parasite Rhabdochona garuaiin the visceral organs. On an average prevalence40.65% were found infected and 2.30 parasites are present in each individual infected and abundance is 0.92.The results indicate that the parasitic mean intensity3.14 and relative density 1.40 is quite high in January and high prevalence55.88 in October. The prevalence 10.00 and mean intensity 1.50are less in April and Relative density 0.47in June.