Infection of the parasitic isopods on commercial fishes of the northern part of the east coast of India.

Dipanjan Ray,Narayan Ghorai,Parnasree Mohapatra,Anil Mohapatra,Jaya Kishor Seth

doi:10.1007/s12639-021-01463-1

Abstract

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Highlights

The parasitic isopods usually occur in the freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystem, especially near the coastal environment
The present study report the parasitic isopod infection on commercial fishes of the northern part of the east coast of India collected during the period 2010-2015 from the marine water of Odisha and West Bengal
The Isopod prevalence was high during October to February (Post monsoon season of the study areas) and very low during April to August (Figure7)

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Introduction

The parasitic isopods usually occur in the freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystem, especially near the coastal environment. In these ecosystems, they play an essential role in the ecological food chain and removal of the decaying matter (Bharadhirajan 2014). They play an essential role in the ecological food chain and removal of the decaying matter (Bharadhirajan 2014) Besides this ecological role, the study of these isopods is important as they cause a range of damages to the fishes, thereby threatening the fisheries sector (Mohapatra et al 2021; Seth et al 2020 a, b; 2021). The representative of the family is the obligate parasites, known to show a high degree of the host and site-specificity to the host fishes Ravichandran et al (2019).

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