The edible fresh-water sharkWallago attu (Bloch. And Schn.) was collected from local fish market of district Gonda (U.P.) and examined 22 specimens, of which 07 specimens was found infected with 55 specimens of said species. The site of infection being the gill filaments of the host. The present form differs from Wallagotrema longicirrus; Wallagotrema chauhani; Wallagotrema orientalisandWallagotrema indicusin number of head organs, shape of cirrus, absence of accessory piece and prostatic reservoir and absence of beak like protuberance at the base of dorsal anchors. On subsequent study, the present form appear to be a new species of the genus Wallagotrema (Tripathi, 1959 and Yamaguti, 1961) and described as a new species and named Wallagotrema gondai n. sp. named after the place from where it is collected.
Fresh-water, Monogenean ectoparasites, Wallagotrema gondai, Wallago attu
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