Redescription of the cestode Senga parva (Fernando and Fertado, 1964) in Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) at Tasik Kenyir, Malaysia

Tran Thi Yen Nhi; Faizah Shaharom-Harrison

Redescription of the cestode Senga parva (Fernando and Fertado, 1964) in Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) at Tasik Kenyir, Malaysia

2012

Tran Thi Yen Nhi | Faizah Shaharom-Harrison

A total of thirty snakehead fishes Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831)were collected at Tasik Kenyir, Malaysia. Muscle, liver, intestine and kidney tissues were removed from each fish and the intestine was opened to reveal cestodes. The cestodes were identified on the basisof their morphological characteristics. After staining, drawing by using Camera Lucida, measurement by using advanced microscope and using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), the results showed thatthe cestode was Senga parva (Fernando and Fertado, 1964). It differed from other species of genus Senga, parasitising fish genus Channa, by the size of the strobila, scolex, apical disc, hooks, number of hooks, testes and some other characteristics.

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