Morphological and Molecular Characterization of a New Myxozoan, sp. nov. (Myxosporea), Infecting the Grass Carp, in the Gomti River, India.

Myxosporeans are well-known parasites infecting food fishes in fresh and marine water around the globe. Grass carp ), a freshwater food fish commonly cultured in India with has significant economic importance. Herein, the study focuses on the description of a new myxosporean species, sp.

n. sp., a myxozoan parasite infecting kidney of fresh water barb (Hamilton, 1822) from river Gomti, Lucknow (U.P).

is a freshwater barb with commercial importance in India. It is soft and wild fish, highly prone to parasitic infections. The present article describes, morphological and morphometric details of the new species of identified as n.

Description of new myxozoan parasite sp. nov from the gills of freshwater catfish Linn.

Parasitic infestations are one of the major problems in freshwater fish production. Linnaeus, 1758 (Clariidae) is a commercially important native catfish mainly used for food as it has very high iron content and other minerals. Unfortunately, it is difficult to breed in captivity and is highly prone to parasitic infections particularly the sp.

Protocol identification and preservation of myxozoan parasites for microscopy with silver nitrate (Klein's dry) staining technique.

The present study, discusses a first report of staining techniques with silver nitrate (AgNO ) stain for the preservation and identification of myxozoans globally. The silver nitrate stain was used to prepare permanent slide preparation of myxozoans with some adaptations made in our laboratory. Fresh air dried smear were stained with silver nitrate stain ensuing dark brown color polar capsules and light brown color of spore-wall.