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Studies on metacercaria of freshwater fishes of India

VIII. On two new species ofNeascus hughes, 1927

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Neascus channi andN. xenentodoni are described from the Cranium of freshwater fishesChanna punctatus (Bloch) andXenentodon cancila (Hamilton) respectively. The former is characterised by ratio of its suckers, position of ventral sucker, pattern of reserve excretory system and by absence of a cyst while the latter chiefly differs from all the known species ofNeascus by ratio of fore-and hind-body, by ratio of suckers and by presence of a cyst.

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  1. Zoology Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India

    K. C. Pandey Ph.D. (Lecturer)

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Communicated by Dr. B. S. Chauhan,f.a.sc.

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Pandey, K.C. Studies on metacercaria of freshwater fishes of India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 73, 78–83 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045286

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