Abstract
A new myxosporidian parasite is reported from the fresh-water fish,Esomus sp. (fam. Cyprinidae). It is characterised by the presence of one normal polar capsule with enclosed polar filament and a second rudimentary polar capsule. It has an iodinophilous vacuole in the sporoplasm. Since it does not fit the genusMyxobolus, which has two polar capsules and an iodinophilous vacuole, nor the genusThelohanellus, which has one polar capsule and an iodinophilous vacuole, a new genus and species is established to accommodate the form and the nameRudicapsula esomi n.gen. n.sp. is suggested.
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