monogenoidean parasites of some cyprinid fishes from noth coastal andhra pradesh

A total of 1200 freshwater fish belonging to six species of the family cyprinidae (Labeo rohita, Catla catla, Cirrhinus mrigala, Cyprinus carpio, Ctenopharyngodon idella and Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) were collected from Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and East Godavari districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, India from April 2012 – March 2014. The inspection of fins, scales, gills and buccal cavity revealed infection of these fishes with sixteen species of parasites belonging to three genera Dactylogyrus, Dogielius and Gyrodactylus. D. minutus and D. lamellatus are new regional records