Development and characterization of five novel cell lines from snubnose pompano, Trachinotus blochii (Lacepede, 1801), and their application in gene expression and virological studies.

Five novel permanent cell lines have been established from gill, heart, kidney, eye and fin of snubnose pompano, Trachinotus blochii. They were designated as snubnose pompano gill (SPG), snubnose pompano heart (SPH), snubnose pompano kidney (SPK), snubnose pompano eye (SPE) and snubnose pompano fin (SPF), respectively. All these cell lines were characterized and cryopreserved successfully at different passage levels.

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.