Abstract
The present study was undertaken to determine the incidence of helminth parasites in fishes in Savitri, river in Konkan region of Maharashtra. Fish and their parasites were collected during different seasons from various sites like Chiplun, Sangameshwar, Dapoli, Khed, Mandangad etc. For three year period and processed. Fish species namely Clarias batrachus from these water bodies. The parasitological examination of fishes was carried as per methodology. The parasites were processed and identified with the help of key. The prevalence mean intensity and relative density of Helminth parasites were calculated in accordance. The study of Cestode parasite population of river water fishes of different regions of Ratnagiri district has been unde rtaken to investigate the phonological and innate factors such as season, habit and habitat. The investigation of parasitogenesis can provide data for the prediction of integrated methods to achieve the regulation of number of parasites from various genera, quantitative data are vital.
Highlights
Konkan region is gifted with water resources of about 1000 ha
Population investigations can provide data for the prediction of integrated methods to achieve the regulation of numbers of harmful parasites according to Kennedy (1975, 1978).An Indispensable study was made by author on different cestode parasites from marine fishes of Ratnagiri district and are namely Clarias batrachus (Jerdon, 1849), Mastacembellus armatus (Lacepede, 1800), Trygon sephen (Cuvier, 1871), Carcharias acutus (Muller and Henle, 1906), and Trygon zugei (Muller and Henle, 1841)
Since much of work is not undertaken to study the nature of helminths population in certain fresh water fishes of various places of Ratnagiri district
Summary
Konkan region is gifted with water resources of about 1000 ha. Comprising of lakes, streams, rivers, spring and sea, so suitable for fish culture. The environmental factors are never constant they fluctuate and keep stresses on organism. These environmental alterations influence organisms physiologically in various ways. They may be lethal, modifying the effect of some other factors, directive or controlling. Helminthes are one of the major groups of fish parasites and cause several loss of fish production. Gorder and kates (1950) have shown the effects of seasons on the geographical distribution of the cestode parasites. The other workers studied the effect of climatic factors on the helminths, include Kennedy (1968-1969), Lawrence (1970), Crofton (1971), Patrick and Esch (1977) have elaborately studied the effect of seasonal variations on parasites of a fish, Gasterosteusacileatus.
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