A new digenetic trematode n. sp. (Faustulidae) from the emperor angel fish from Gulf of Mannar, India.

n. sp. is described from the emperor angel fish collected from Gulf of Mannar and maintained in the marine aquarium at CMFRI, Mandapam, India.

Four species of Mazocraeoides Price, 1936 (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae), including two new species from clupeiform fishes off Visakhapatnam coast, Bay of Bengal.

Four species of Mazocraeoides Price, 1936 including two new species are recorded from clupeiform fishes collected from Visakhapatnam Coast, Bay of Bengal: M. rotundus n. sp.

Two new species of Hermann (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae) from clupeoid fishes off Visakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal.

Two new species of Hermann (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae) are described infecting clupeoid fishes of Visakhapatnam coast, Bay of Bengal: n. sp. from Cuvier and n.

Population structure of the monogenean, Paramazocraes thrissocles (Mazocraeidae) on the gills of clupeoid fish, Thryssa mystax of Visakhapatnam coast, Bay of Bengal.

An investigation was undertaken on the population biology of the mazocraeid monogenean Paramazocreas thrissocles occurring on the gills of the engraulid fish Thryssa mystax at Visakhapatnam coast , Bay of Bengal. The influence of season and host size on the parasite population density and the dispersion pattern of the parasite in the host population were analysed. A distinct seasonal pattern in the prevalence and intensity to infection is noted with higher parasite loads prevailing during warmer summer months and very low or no infection during winter months.

Spatial distribution of ectoparasites on the gills of the mullet, : the effects of pollution.

Spatial distribution of ectoparasites on the gills of the mullet collected from two sites, the unpolluted reference site (Site I) and the heavily polluted North western arm of Visakhapatnam harbour (Site II), was analysed. Of the various ectoparasite species found on the gills of the mullet, only (Monogenea) and (Copepoda), occurred commonly at both the sites with more or less high prevalence and mean intensity. at site I preferred gill arch 1 and posterior most and central sections, whereas at site II, it showed preference for gill arch 3, and posterior and proximal sections of the gill.

Three species of Heteromazocraes Mamaev, 1981 (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae), including two new species from Thryssa spp. (Teleostei: Engraulidae) off Visakhapatnam coast, Bay of Bengal.

Three species of Heteromazocraes Mamaev, 1981 including two new taxa are described from the gills of three species of engraulid fishes Thryssa mystax (Bloch & Schneider), T. setirostris (Broussonet) and T. malabarica (Bloch) collected from the coastal waters off Visakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal.

Redescription and morphometric analysis of Paramazocraes thrissocles Tripathi, 1959 and P. setipinna Zhang & Ding in Zhang, Yang & Liu, 2001 (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae) infecting clupeoid fishes off Visakhapatnam coast, Bay of Bengal.

Two species of the mazocraeid monogenean genus Paramazocraes Tripathi, 1959 are redescribed based on specimens collected from the gills of clupeoid fishes off the Visakhapatnam coast, Bay Bengal: Paramazocraes thrissocles Tripathi, 1959 from Thryssa mystax (Bloch & Schneider), T. setirostris (Broussonet), T. malabarica (Bloch) and Paramazocraes setipinna Zhang & Ding in Zhang, Yang & Liu, 2001 from Setipinna taty (Valenciennes).