Two new records of parasitic trematodes (Plagiorchiida: Opecoelidae and Bucephalidae) in fishes from India

Abstract

The study reports two species of parasitic trematodes in fishes, namely, Coitocaecum plagiorchis Ozaki, 1926 (Opecoelidae) and Prosorhynchus squamatus Odhner, 1905 (Bucephalidae). These parasites were collected from the fishes Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) and Synaptura commersonnii (Lacepède, 1802), respectively, from the riverside of Lothian Island in the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal (India). Both reported species constitute new records for the Indian fauna, while both fish species constitute new host records for the respective parasites. The description and distribution of these parasites are discussed in the present study.