First Record Of Dactylogyrus Racotorabus (Monogenea) On Gara Gotyla (Pisces, Cyprinidae) To India From Poonch River And Its Tributaries, District Poonch, Jammu And Kashmir

The ectoparasitic fauna of fishes of District Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India were studied on monthly basis for a period of two years from June 2011 to May 2013. During the period under study the specimens of monogenean Dactylogyrus ractotorabus Gussev et al., 1993 were collected from the gills of 76 infected fishes Gara gotyla, recorded a prevalence of 16.59. This parasite has been recorded for the first time in India from G. gotyla. The present communication deals with the Dactylogyrus racotorabus recorded for the first time in India.