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Prevalence and spatial distribution of the ectoparasites on the gills of Mystus vittatus from River Penna flowing through YSR District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Journal of Parasitic Diseases volume 45, pages 43–49 (2021)Cite this article

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A parasitic survey was performed during July 2017 to February 2018 to emphasize the prevalence and spatial distribution of ectoparasites in Mystus vittatus from three sampling sites of River Penna flowing through YSR District, Andhra Pradesh by routine parasitological procedures. A total of 238 ectoparasites were obtained from the gills of 70 examined fishes with a prevalence of 77.1%, mean intensity of 4.4 and mean abundance of 3.4 respectively. Three species of ectoparasites i.e., two monogeneans—Cornudiscoides vittati (n = 119); Bifurcohaptor indicus (n = 90) and one copepod, Lamproglena hospetensis (n = 29) were obtained from the gills of the host. All the 3 species of gill ectoparasites showed an aggregated distribution pattern (2.92, 2.52 and 2.83). Only, B. indicus showed a significant positive relationship between the condition factor and parasitic abundance (rs = 0.361, p = 0.0021) followed by C. vittati (rs = 0.206, p = 0.086) whereas the parasitic abundance of L. hospetensis (rs = − 0.213, p = 0.076) showed a weak negative correlation with the relative condition factor of the host. Parasitization was analyzed location wise and fishes collected from Site-I (Mylavaram) were highly infected with both the monogeneans while parasitization with copepods was nil. However, the parasitization of copepods was relatively higher in Site-II (Chennur). There was no influence of host size and host sex on the parasitization and also no specific preference for the sides of the fish host. The monogeneans segregated the niche to prevent resource competition i.e., C. vittati and L. hospetensis were prevalent in gill arches II and I respectively whereas B. indicus occupied gill arch III. Both the monogeneans showed very a high interspecific association (rj = 0.96) with each other but showed a very negligible association with L. hospetensis. This type of study will help the aquaculturists to implement many advanced management strategies in aquaculture and improve the yield of Mystus vittatus in the Southern states of India.

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The first author is grateful to UGC for providing financial assistance under the Faculty improvement program (FIP) with an Award No.APSC021/001(TF)ZOOLOGY/PH.DXII PLAN/2016-17 dt. July 2016.

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The first author was involved in collecting the fish samples and parasites, literature collection, whereas the statistical analysis, drafting the manuscript was done by the second author who is the Research supervisor.

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These studies are highly significant in establishing the uncontrolled injury caused by the ectoparasites to the gills of the host, thus distressing the fish’s health ultimately. Hence, this type of prevalence and spatial distribution studies of the parasites within the host might provide inventiveness to the fish aquaculturists to execute apposite practices to eradicate the ectoparasitic infestation and make fish healthy.

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Modi, A.K., Vankara, A.P. Prevalence and spatial distribution of the ectoparasites on the gills of Mystus vittatus from River Penna flowing through YSR District, Andhra Pradesh, India. J Parasit Dis 45, 43–49 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01275-9

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Keywords

  • Cornudiscoides vittati
  • Bifurcohaptor indicus
  • Lamproglena hospetensis
  • Mystus vittatus
  • Spatial distribution