Fao Fisheries Technical Parasite Fish Bangladesh

Checklist of the parasites
of fishes of Bangladesh
by
J. Richard Arthur
6798 Hillside Drive
Sparwood, British Columbia
Canada
and
Abu Tweb A. Ahmed
Department of Zoology
University of Dhaka
Dhaka
Bangladesh
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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

T his checklist is part of the FAO's continuing effort to address the need for information on the
occurrence of diseases and pathogens of aquatic animals in the Asia-Pacific Region. A previous
checklist, published as FAO Fisheries T echnical Paper No. 369, has summarized the parasites of
fishes of the Philippines. T hese documents support the FAO/NACA regional strategy for the
Development of Health Certification and Quarantine Guidelines for the Responsible Movement
of Live Aquatic Animals in Asia, a programme involving 21 Asian nations, FAO, the Network of
Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), the Office International des pizooties (OIE) and
regional and international specialists. One of the goals identified under this strategy is the
development of a comprehensive information database on aquatic animal health, the Aquatic
Animal Pathogen and Quarantine Information System (AAPQIS; www.enaca.org/aapqis/).
Information provided via AAPQIS and through these checklists is intended to assist aquatic
animal health workers, quarantine officers and policy makers in developing national strategies to
minimize the risks associated with movement of pathogens of aquatic animals, and to make
informed assessments on the possible threats presented by proposed movements of individual
species of live fish and shellfish between countries. Further information on the regional
programme is found in the "Asia Regional T echnical Guidelines on Health Management of Live
Aquatic Animals and the Beijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy" (FAO Fisheries
T echnical Paper No. 402).
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Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh.
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 369/1. Rome, FAO. 2002. 77 p.
ABSTRACT
This checklist summarizes information on the parasites of Bangladeshi fishes contained in the world
literature dating from the earliest known records (Southwell and Prashad, 1918a,b) to the end of 2000.
Information is presented in the form of parasite-host and host-parasite lists. Included are 147 named species
of parasites (not including 20 nomina nuda), distributed among the higher taxa as follows: Protozoa - 1,
Myxozoa - 1, Trematoda - 55, Monogenea - 6, Cestoda - 23, Nematoda - 40, Acanthocephala - 17,
Hirudinea - 1, Branchiura - 1, Copepoda - 1 and Isopoda - 1. Also included are many records of parasites
not identified to species level. The Parasite-Host List is organized on a taxonomic basis and provides
information for each parasite species on the environment (fresh water, brackish water, marine), the location
(site of infection) in or on its host(s), the species of host(s) infected, the known geographic distribution (by
administrative division) in Bangladesh, and the published sources for each host and locality record. The
Host-Parasite List is organized according to the taxonomy of the hosts, and includes for each host, the
English language and local (Bengali) common names, environment (fresh water, brackish water, marine),
status in Bangladesh (native or exotic), and information on the known distribution in Bangladesh of the
parasites. Both lists are accompanied by remarks and footnotes, as warranted, giving specific information on
points of systematics, nomenclature, possible misidentifications, introductions, pathogenicity, etc. Citations
are included for all references and a supplementary list of references contains other literature on Bangladeshi
fish parasites. Parasite and host indices are included. The following new taxonomic combinations are made:
Prosorhynchoides aspinosiensis (Bashirullah and Hafizuddin, 1971) n. comb. for Neobucephalopsis
aspinosiensis Bashirullah and Hafizuddin, 1971; and Prosorhynchoides clupisomius (Bashirullah and
Hafizuddin, 1976) n. comb. for Neobucephalopsis clupisomius Bashirullah and Hafizuddin, 1976.
The parasite fauna of fishes of Bangladesh remains poorly known. Parasites have been reported from only 85
of the 528 species of marine and freshwater fish occurring in the waters of Bangladesh. The situation is
complicated by the large number of reports that are based on apparent misidentifications, the existence of a
plethora of poorly described species, and the relatedness of the Bangladeshi fish parasite fauna to that of the
larger Indian subregion, which is also poorly known for many of the same reasons.
CONTENTS
Page
INTRODUCTION
PARASITE-HOST LIST
HOST-PARASITE LIST
43
REFERENCES
61
SUPPLEMENTARY REFERENCES
71
PARASITE INDEX
72
HOST INDEX
76
INTRO DUCTIO N
T he study of fish parasites in the

territory of what is now known as
Bangladesh has a relatively short history,
dating back to a few scattered records
contained in the works of T homas Southwell
and colleagues, working at the first quarter of
the 20 th Century in what was then known as
British India (T hese are summarized in the
series The Fauna of British India, including
Ceylon and Burma see for example,
Southwell 1930).1 A few reports were made
during the period following the separation of
India and Pakistan in 1947, from the
territory known as East Pakistan. However,
most records date from the separation of the
People's Republic of Bangladesh from
Pakistan in 1971, and are mainly the result
of the efforts of a few Bangladeshi scientists
and their students (A.K.M. Bashirullah of the
University of Dacca in the 1970s, and more
recently, A.T .A. Ahmed and J. D'Silva of the
University of Dhaka, and K.J. Chandra and
M.B.R.
Chowdhury
of
Bangladesh
Agricultural University, Mymensingh).
In compiling this checklist, we have
attempted to list only original reports
appearing in the literature for each species.
Previous listings of the parasites of fishes of
Bangladesh are those of Ahmed (1979,
1981) for all helminths, Ahmed and Ezaz
(1997) for the helminths of freshwater
catfishes, and Chandra (1992b) for the
Nematoda.
A special problem was
encountered with the papers of Ahmed
(1981) and Ahmed and Ezaz (1997). Both
papers included results of original research as
well as information taken from the published
literature. In both cases, it was not possible
to completely distinguish records based on
original findings from those derived from the
published work of other scientists. In
cataloguing these papers, all records have
been entered.
In compiling this checklist, a large
number the parasite taxa reported in the
literature for Bangladesh were determined to
1
The territory of Bangladesh encompasses most of what was

then called the state of East Bengal (created by the division of
Bengal in 1905 into West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (within
present-day India) and East Bengal (Assam).
be species inquirendae or nomina nuda. Also,

many apparent misidentifications have been
made. Although a detailed review of each
species was beyond the scope of this study,
we have noted those taxa that we believe are
unlikely to occur in the waters of
Bangladesh, in the hope that future workers
will examine these taxonomic problems
more closely.
T o a large extent, the many
problems posed by the literature for
Bangladesh are probably due to the difficulty
that local scientists have in accessing
scientific literature. In many cases, scientists
have apparently relied heavily on the
Yamaguti volumes (Systema Helminthum)
for species identification. New species have
too often been established based on
inadequate and inaccurate description, and/or
insufficient material (a small number of
specimens, or in dioceious forms, specimens
of only one sex), often without critical
comparisons with previously described taxa.
As a result, although considerable effort has
been expended on parasite surveys and
taxonomic studies, it is still impossible to
obtain an accurate picture of the parasite
fauna of Bangladeshi fishes. T his checklist
must, therefore, be used with caution, both
when attempting to identify parasites, and in
zoogeographic analyses. We hope that this
work will form the basis for the critical
taxonomic study and revision that are
needed, based on collection of new, properly
prepared material, which will eventually lead
to a more accurate picture of the parasite
fauna of the fishes of Bangladesh.
Because Bangladesh is a deltic
country and is subject to extensive flooding,
it is possible for marine and euryhaline fishes
to move far upstream, bringing with them
much of their marine parasite faunas.
Feeding by freshwater carnivorous fishes on
marine or anadromous fishes may result in
the temporary transfer of gastro-intestinal
parasites ( pseudoparasitism or accidental
infection). In a number of cases, this appears
to have resulted in typically marine
helminth genera being reported from
freshwater hosts.
In the literature dealing with the

parasites of fishes of Bangladesh, there
appear many incorrect spellings of parasite
names, host names and species authors
names, and incorrect attributions of dates of
species authorship. Where erroneous
spellings of parasite genus or species names
have been consistently applied, these are
noted
using
footnotes.
Occasional
typographical errors, misspellings of species
authors'
names,
incorrect
species
attributions, and incorrect dates are not
noted. Similarly, misspellings of host species
names, with the few exceptions where these
have been widely applied, have been
corrected
without
comment
using
information obtained from FishBase (Froese
and Pauly 2001).
T he Parasite -Host List is a
taxonomically arranged listing of all
parasites reported from the fishes of
Bangladesh. T he higher classification used is
as follows: for the Protista and Myxozoa,
that of Lom and Dykov (1992); for the
T rematoda, that of Gibson (1996); for the
Monogenea, that of Boeger and Kritsky
(1993); for the Cestoidea, that of Khalil et
al. (1994); for the Nematoda, that of
Anderson et al. (1974-1983) and Moravec
(1998); for the Acanthocephala, that of
Amin (1985, 1987); for the Copepoda and
Branchiura, that of Kabata (1979, 1988); for
the Isopoda, that of Rafi (1988); and for the
Mollusca and Hirudinea, that used by
McDonald and Margolis (1995). Other
valuable references include the synopses of
fish nematodes of the Indian subcontinent by
Soota (1983) and Sood (1989).
T he Parasite -Host List contains
information for all parasite species reported
from the fishes of Bangladesh. For each
parasite, the currently recognized scie ntific
name , including authors and dates, and any
synonyms under which original records
appeared, are given. T his is followed by the
e nvironme nt in which the parasite
normally completes its life cycle, indicated
as fresh water (F), brackish water (B) or
marine (M). As the life cycles of Bangladeshi
fish parasites are for the most part unknown,
this information is drawn primarily from
non-Bangladeshi
sources
or
from
information on collection locality and/or
host biology. T he Location gives the site of

infection where the parasite is normally
found in or on the host. Under Hosts, the
hosts are listed alphabetically by their
currently recognized scientific names. In
parentheses, following each host name, are
given the numbers for the references
(Re cords) reporting the parasite from the
host in question. T he distribution (Dist.)
provides a summary of the reported
distribution of the parasite in Bangladesh,
and is given alphabetically by major
administrative unit (Barisal, Chittagong,
Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet
Divisions), and for the Bay of Bengal.2 In
many cases, accurate information on
distribution is lacking, due to imprecise
collection information being provided by
authors; in those cases where no information
is given, the distribution is simply indicated
as Bangladesh. Unless otherwise indicated by
the authors(s), fishes examined for parasites
that were obtained from local markets are
considered to have originated from the
division in which the market was located.
However, readers should be aware that fish
obtained from markets in larger cities, such
as Dhaka, may well have originated from
other divisions or from the Bay of Bengal.
Under Re cords are given the numbered
individual references containing the parasite
records,
each
followed by
detailed
information
on
the
locality
(ies)
(administrative divisions) to which they
pertain. Under Re marks are given
comments on various aspects, such as
synonymies, pathogenicity, life cycles,
zoonotic importance and introductions.
More specific notations on individual records
are given as footnote s.
T he
Host-Parasite
List
is
organized phylogenetically following the
classification of fishes given by in the online Catalog of Fishes by W.N. Eschmeyer
(Eschmeyer 2001), with the genera and
species within individual families arranged
alphabetically. Information on the scientific
and common names, status and environment
2
Records for the Bay of Bengal include only those pertaining

to the territorial waters of Bangladesh. There exist in the
literature many other parasite records, mainly the result of
work by Indian scientists, from fishes collected in other parts
of the Bay of Bengal.
of fishes was obtained from the species

database of FishBase (Froese and Pauly
2001). For each host, the following
information is given: the currently
recognized scie ntific name , including
species author(s), followed by any synonyms
under which original parasite records were
made, the FishBase recognized English
common name , the Be ngali common
name (where available), the hosts Status
in Bangladesh (native or exotic), and its
typical Environme nt (fresh water, brackish
water, marine). T his is followed by a listing
of the parasite s reported for the host in
question, arranged by higher taxon and listed
alphabetically. Following each parasite
name, the distribution is summarized by
administrative division. Records that involve
possible parasite misidentifications are
indicated by a question mark preceding the
parasites name. Finally, where appropriate,
Re marks and footnote s are included to
provide information on such topics as host
taxonomy, distribution and introductions.
An additional useful reference is Freshwater
Fishes of Bangladesh (Rahman 1989).
Under Re fe re nce s are listed all the
papers containing the records, as well as
other works cited in the text. A short
Supple me ntary Re fe re nce s lists some
additional articles dealing with Bangladeshi
fisheries parasitology but not containing any
original reports.
Not included in this
checklist are unpublished records of fish
parasites contained in the many postgraduate (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) theses produced
in Bangladesh. A Parasite Inde x and a
Host Inde x complete the volume.
T he parasite fauna of the fishes of
Bangladesh is poorly known. T o date, a total
of 147 named species of parasites (not
including 20 nomina nuda), (1 Protozoa, 1
Myxozoa, 55 T rematoda, 6 Monogenea, 23
Cestoda,
40
Nematoda,
17
Acanthocephala, 1 Hirudinea, 1 Branchiura,
1 Copepoda and 1 Isopoda) have been
reported. Contained in this checklist are
records for parasites from a total of 85 fish
species. As over 500 species of fish occur in
the country 3, there remain many years of
3
Froese and Pauly (2001) list a total of 517 fish species for
Bangladesh (304 marine, 200 fresh water, and 13 listed in both
basic systematic and survey work to be

conducted before the parasite fauna of
Bangladeshi fishes will be thoroughly
documented.
We would like to thank a number of
colleagues who kindly provided critical
comments on sections of the manuscript,
key references, and/or taxonomic advice.
T hese include T .E. McDonald (Monogenea,
Isopoda), D.I. Gibson and R.A. Bray
(T rematoda),
J.S.
Mackiewicz
(Caryophyllidae),
J.N.
Caira
(T etraphyllidea), I. Beveridge (T rypanorhyncha) and F. Moravec (Nematoda). T he
assistance of Drs R.P. Subasinghe, S.E.
McGladdery, D.J. Marcogliese, D.I. Gibson
and K.J. Chandra in obtaining essential
literature is gratefully acknowledged. We
especially thank Dr. R.P. Subasinghe (Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, Rome), for arranging publication of
this volume.
J. Richard Arthur
Sparwood, Canada
Abu T web A. Ahmed
Dhaka, Bangladesh
categories); in compiling this checklist, records for an

additional 11 species were encountered, bringing the total
number to at least 528 species.
PARASITE-HOST LIST
KINGDOM PROTISTA
SUBKINGDOM PROTOZOA
PHYLUM MASTIGOPHORA
CLASS KINETOPLASTIDEA
ORDER KINETOPLASTIDA
SUBORDER BODONINA
FAMILY BODONIDAE
Ichthyobodo sp.
(F)
Syn.: Costia sp.
Location: not specified
Host: fish
Dist.: Bangladesh
Record: Chowdhury 19934
PHYLUM CILIOPHORA
CLASS KINETOPHRAGMINOPHOREA
SUBCLASS HYPOSTOMATA
FAMILY ICHTHYOPHTHIRIIDAE
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Fouquet, 18765
(F)
Location: body surface
Hosts: Catla catla (4)
Cirrhinus cirrhosus (2)
Labeo rohita (4)
fish (1,3,5)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Hossain and Barua 1991 (-); 2.
Hossain and Khan 1992 (-); 3. Chowdhury
1993 (-)6; 4. Banu et al. 1993 (Dhaka), 5. 1999
(-)
Remarks: Hossain and Barua (1991) noted that
ichthyophthiriosis is the most common
protozoan disease found in Bangladesh.
Ichthyophthirius sp.
(F) ?Includes: white spot auctorum
Hosts: Cirrhinus cirrhosus (1)
fish (2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Collis 1993 (Dhaka)7; 2. Hossain
1993 (-)
Remarks: We tentatively refer the above records
of white spot to Ichthyophthirius.
ORDER CYRTOPHORIDA
SUBCLASS PERITRICHIA
FAMILY CHILODONELLIDAE
ORDER PERITRICHIDA
Chilodonella sp.
(F)
Location: gills, skin
Hosts: Catla catla (1,2)
Cyprinus carpio (2)
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (2)
fish (3)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Hossain and Khan 1992 (-); 2. Banu
et al. 1993 (Dhaka), 3. 1999 (-)
SUBORDER SESSILINA
FAMILY EPISTYLIDIDAE
Apiosoma sp.
(F)
Host: fish
Dist.: Bangladesh
Record: Banu et al. 1999
CLASS OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA
SUBORDER MOBILINA
SUBCLASS HYMENOSTOMATA
ORDER HYMENOSTOMATIDA
5
SUBORDER OPHRYOGLENINA
4
Chowdhury (1993) tentatively identified Costia as a probable

cause of disease in Bangladeshi fish.
The parasite species name was misspelled multifilis by

Hossain and Barua (1991), Chowdhury (1993) and Banu et al.
(1999).
6
Chowdhury (1993) listed Ichthyophthirius multifilis (?) as a
probable pathogen causing disease of fish in Bangladesh.
7
The host identification was given as "mrigal."
Records: 1. Sanaullah and Ahmed 1980

(Chittagong, Dhaka); 2. Ahmed 1982 (-),
3.1993 (-); 4. Hossain and Khan 1992 (-); 5.
Sanaullah 1993 (-); 6. Hossain 1993 (-); 7.
Anon. 1993 (Rajshahi)9; 8. Banu et al. 1993
(Dhaka), 9. 1999 (-)
Remarks: Sanaullah and Ahmed (1980) reported
on the pathology of gill myxoboliasis causing
heavy mortalities in cultured Indian major
carps.
FAMILY TRICHODINIDAE
Trichodina sp.
(F)
Hosts: Catla catla (6)
Channa punctata (3)
Clarias batrachus (6)
C. gariepinus (6)
Ctenopharyngodon idellus (1,6)
Cyprinus carpio (6)
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix (6)
Labeo rohita (6)
Mastacembelus sp. (3)
carp (2)
fish (4,5,7)
Dist.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi
Records: 1. Hossain and Khan 1992 (-); 2. Anon.
1992 (-), 3. 1993 (Chittagong, Rajshahi); 4.
Chowdhury 1993 (-)8; 5. Hossain 1993 (-); 6.
Banu et al. 1993 (Dhaka), 7. 1999 (-)
Tripartiella sp.
(F)
Host: Anabas testudineus
Dist.: Chittagong
Record: Anon. 1993
PHYLUM MYXOZOA
CLASS MYXOSPOREA
Thelohanellus dogieli Akhmerov, 1955

(F)
Location: epidermis at base of fins
Host: Labeo rohita
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Hossain et al. 1978
Unidentified Myxobolidae
Myxobolidae gen. sp.

(F)
Includes: gill myxoboliasis
Location: gills
Host: Catla catla
Dist.: Chittagong
Record: Golder et al. 1983
Remarks: This report is based on the results of a
survey of fish farmers completed by Golder et
al. (1983). While rui, mrigal and carpio
were also present along with catla in ponds
showing gill myxoboliasis, it is not clear if
these other cyprinids were also infected.
ORDER BIVALVULIDA
Unidentified Protozoa
SUBORDER PLATYSPORINA
FAMILY MYXOBOLIDAE
Myxobolus sp.
(F)
Hosts: Barbodes gonionotus (7)
Catla catla (1,7,8)
Cirrhinus cirrhosus (1,4,8)
Ctenopharyngodon idellus (8)
Labeo rohita (1,2,8)
fish (3,5,6,9)
8
Chowdhury (1993) tentatively identified Trichodina as a

cause of sliminess in Bangladeshi fish.
Protozoa gen. sp.

(F)
Location: skin, muscles
Hosts: Catla catla
Heteropneustes fossilis
Dist.: Bangladesh
Record: Anon. 1974 (-)
KINGDOM ANIMALIA
SUBKINGDOM EUMETAZOA
PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
The record of Anon. (1993) involves a tentative parasite

identification.
7
10
CLASS TREMATODA
Masilugan, 1935 metacercaria

Location: liver, muscles, kidney, pharyngeal wall,
external surface of alimentary canal
Hosts: Channa punctata (2,3,4,5)
C. striata (1)
Heteropneustes fossilis (2)
Mystus tengara (2)
Nandus nandus (2)
Ompok pabda (2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Hossain et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 2.
Chandra 1983a (Dhaka), 3. 1984a (Dhaka), 4.
1984b (Dhaka); 5. Huq et al. 1983 (Dhaka)
SUBCLASS DIGENEA
ORDER STRIGEIDA
SUPERFAMILY CLINOSTOMOIDEA
FAMILY CLINOSTOMIDAE
Clinostomum complanatum (Rudolphi, 1814)

(F)
Braun, 1899 metacercaria
Syn.: Clinostomum marginatum (Rudolphi,
1819)
Location: skin, fins, gills, muscle
Hosts: Clarias batrachus (2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Chandra and Banerjee 1993b (Dhaka);
2. Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: The synonymy follows Gibson (1996).
Clinostomum
giganticum
Agarwal,
(F)
metacercaria
Location: body cavity
Host: Nandus nandus
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Chandra and Banerjee 1993b
1960
Euclinostomum heterostomum (Rudolphi,

(F)
1809) Travassos, 1928 metacercaria
Location: liver
Hosts: Channa punctata
C. striata
Dist.: Dhaka
multicaecum
Tubangui
SUPERFAMILY DIPLOSTOMOIDEA
FAMILY DIPLOSTOMIDAE
Clinostomum sp. metacercaria

(F)
Location: body cavity, muscle
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Islam et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 2. Banu
et al. 1993 (Dhaka)
Euclinostomum
(F)
Euclinostomum sp. metacercaria

(F)
Location: liver
Hosts: Ompok pabda (2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Amin et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 2.
Hussain and Ali 1986 (Dhaka)
Neascus sp. metacercaria

(F)
Location: [skin]
Hosts: Catla catla
Cirrhinus cirrhosus
Labeo rohita
Dist.: Chittagong
Record: Sanaullah 198411
Posthodiplostomum
minimum
(F)
1921) Dubois, 1936 metacercaria
Location: muscle, viscera
Host: Clarias batrachus
Dist.: Bangladesh
Record: Ahmed and Ezaz 1997
(MacCallum,
SUPERFAMILY GYMNOPHALLOIDEA
FAMILY BUCEPHALIDAE
and
10
The species name was misspelled multicasecum by

Hossain et al. (1982).
11
Tentative parasite identification (given as "black spot
disease" "...caused by ...Neascus (Posthodiplostomum?)...").
Bucephalus mystusi Chandra and

(F)
1993
Location: intestine
Host: Sperata aor
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Chandra and Banerjee 1993a
Banerjee,
Bucephalus polymorphus Baer, 1827

(F)
Location: stomach
Host: Atropus atropos
Dist.: Bay of Bengal
Record: Bashirullah 1973a
Remarks:
As Bucephalus polymorphus is a
parasite of European freshwater fishes (see
Hoffman 1998), this report from a marine fish
from
Bangladesh
is
considered
a
misidentification.
Bucephalus sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Hosts:
Silonia silondia (3,4)
Sperata aor (1,2,3,4)
Dist.: Dhaka, Sylhet?
Records: 1. Bashirullah 1973a (Dhaka &/or
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed 1981 (-); 3. Chandra 1992a
(Dhaka), 4. 1993b (Dhaka)
Prosorhynchoides
aspinosiensis
(Bashirullah
(F)
and Hafizuddin, 1971) n. comb.
Syn.: Neobucephalopsis aspinosiensis
Bashirullah and Hafizuddin, 197112
Location: intestine
Host: Clupisoma garua
Records: Bashirullah and Hafizuddin 1971
(Dhaka); Bashirullah 1973a (Dhaka &/or
Sylhet); Ahmed 1981 (-); Ahmed and Ezaz
1997 (-)
Prosorhynchoides
clupisomius
(Bashirullah
(F)
and Hafizuddin, 1976) n. comb.
Syn.: Neobucephalopsis clupisomius
12
The species name misspelled as aspinosinensis by Ahmed

and Ezaz (1997).
13
Bashirullah (1973a) inadvertently created the nomen nudum
Location: intestine
Host: Eutropiichthys murius
Records: Bashirullah 1973a (Dhaka &/or Sylhet);
Bashirullah and Hafizuddin 1976 (Dhaka);
Ahmed 1981 (-); Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Prosorhynchoides sp.
(F)
Syn.: Bucephalopsis sp.
Neobucephalopsis sp.
Location: intestine
Hosts: Eutropiichthys murius (1,2,3)
Sperata aor (3)
Dist.: Dhaka?, Sylhet?
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed 1981 (-); 3. Ahmed and Ezaz
1997 (-)
Remarks: The synonymy follows Srivastava and
Chauhan (1973) and is supported by Dr. R.M.
Overstreet (pers. comm.).
FAMILY FAUSTULIDAE
Faustula
brevichrus
(Srivastava,
1935)
(M)
Yamaguti, 1958
Location: intestine
Host: Tenualosa ilisha
Dist.: Chittagong, Bay of Bengal
Records: Bashirullah 1973a (Bay of Bengal);
Zaman et al. 1992b (Chittagong), 1994
(Chittagong); DSilva and Khatoon 1997 (Bay
of Bengal)
Remarks: This species was redescribed by
DSilva and Khatoon (1997).
Faustula sp.
(M)
Location: intestine
Host: Hilsa kelee
FAMILY FELLODISTOMIDAE
Steringotrema sp.
(F)
Neobucephalopsis clupisomius Bashirullah, 1973 (as
"Neobucephalopsis clupisomius Bashirullah & Hafizuddin,
1973).
Location: intestine
Host: Puntius sophore
Ahmed 1981 (-)
Remarks: As members of this genus are typically
parasites of marine teleosts, this record from a
freshwater cyprinid is rather dubius.
Location: stomach
Host: Dussumieria acuta
Record: Ahmed et al. 1986
FAMILY DEROGENIDAE
SUBFAMILY GONOCERCINAE
SUPERFAMILY HEMIUROIDEA
FAMILY ACCACOELIIDAE
SUBFAMILY ACCACOELIINAE
Rhynchopharynx paradoxa Odhner, 1928

(M)
Location: stomach, intestine
Host: Macrognathus aculeatus
Dist: Bangladesh
Record: Khanum and Parveen 1997
Remarks: Rhynchopharynx is a monospecific
genus that is known only from the ocean sunfish
(Mola mola), a species widely distributed in
the worlds warm and temperate oceans (see
Bray and Gibson 1977). We consider the above
record from a freshwater fish of Bangladesh to
involve a misidentification.
FAMILY BUNOCOTYLIDAE
SUBFAMILY APHANURINAE
Aphanurus stossichi (Monticelli, 1891)

(M)
Looss, 1907
Location: stomach
Hosts: Dussumieria acuta (2)
Tenualosa ilisha (1,3,4,5)
Records: 1. Bashirullah 1973a (Bay of Bengal);
2. Ahmed et al. 1986 (Bay of Bengal); 3.
Zaman et al. 1992b (Chittagong), 4. 1994
(Chittagong); 5. DSilva and Khatoon 1997
(Bay of Bengal)
SUBFAMILY OPISTHADENINAE
Opisthadena sp.
(M)
Gonocera crassa Manter, 1934

(M)
Location: intestine
Host: Ompok bimaculatus
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Khanum et al. 1996 (Dhaka); Ahmed
and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: This digenean is a stomach parasite of
marine fishes. Its report from a freshwater
silurid catfish of Bangladesh likely involves a
misidentification. Gibson (1976) considered
Gonocerca crassa a probable synonym of G.
phycidis Manter, 1925.
SUBFAMILY HALIPEGINAE
Genarchopsis bangladensis Bashirullah and

(F)
Elahi, 197214
Location: intestine
Host: Channa punctata
Records: Bashirullah and Elahi 1972a (Dhaka);
Bashirullah 1973a (Dhaka &/or Sylhet); Ahmed
1981 (-)
Genarchopsis bashiri Hafizuddin and

(F)
Khan, 1973
Location: intestine
Host: Heteropneustes fossilis
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Hafizuddin and Khan 1973a (Dhaka);
Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Genarchopsis dasus (Gupta, 1951)

(F)
Yamaguti, 1958
Syn.: Ophiocorchis dasus Gupta, 1951
Hosts: Channa punctata (1,2)
14
Bashirullah (1973a) and Ahmed (1981) erroneously gave

the species name as bengalensis.
10
Glossogobius giuris (1,2,3)

Dist: Dhaka
Records: 1. Ahmed 1981 (-); 2. Ahmed and Saha
1983 (Dhaka); 3. Chandra and Banerjee 1993b
(Dhaka)
Genarchopsis lobata (Srivastava, 1933)

(F)
Yamaguti, 1954
Location: intestine
Host: Channa gachua
Ahmed 1981 (-)
Genarchopsis macrocotyle Coil and

(F)
Kuntz, 1960
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Coil and Kuntz 1960
Chandra 1992a (Dhaka), 3. 1993b (Dhaka)
FAMILY DIDYMOZOIDAE
Philopinna sp.
(F)
Location: muscle
Dist.: Dhaka
Hossain et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 3. Huq et al. 1983
(Dhaka)
Remarks: The genus Philopinna was established
by Yamaguti (1936) for P. higai Yamaguti,
1936, a parasite of the fins and orbit of
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus, a Japanese
freshwater fish. Didymozoids are typically tissue
parasites of marine fishes.
FAMILY HEMIURIDAE
SUBFAMILY DINURINAE
Genarchopsis ozakii Bashirullah and

(F)
Elahi, 197215
Records: Bashirullah and Elahi 1972a (Dhaka);
1981 (-)
Dinurinae gen. sp.

(M)
Location: intestine
Host: Rastrelliger kanagurta
SUBFAMILY ELYTROPHALLINAE
Genarchopsis wallagoni Chandra and
(F)
Banerjee, 1993
Location: intestine
Host: Wallago attu
Dist.: Dhaka
Genarchopsis sp.
(F)
Hosts: Clupisoma garua (3)
Glossogobius giuris (1)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Ahmed and Begum 1978 (Dhaka); 2.
15
The species name was misspelled as ozaki by Bashirullah

(1973a) and Ahmed (1981).
Lecithocladium excisum (Rudolphi, 1819)

Lhe, 1901
Location: intestine
Host: Parastromateus niger
(M)
Remarks: The taxonomic history and host and

geographic range of Lecithocladium excisum
were reviewed by Gibson and Bray (1986), who
concluded that its confirmed distribution was
the Mediterranean and Black seas and the
Northeast Atlantic region. As these authors
doubted the occurrence of L. excisum in the
Indian Ocean, this report from a marine fish of
the Bay of Bengal requires substantiation.
The life cycle in the Northeast Atlantic
was studied by Kie (1991). Cercariae found in
naturally infected gastropods (Philine aperta)
11
were used to experimentally infect various

genera of marine copepods. Ctenophores and
polychaetes naturally infected with metacercariae
were considered likely to act as transport hosts.
Adults occur in the stomach of mackerel
(Scomber scomberus, S. japonicus) and
immature specimens in Trachurus trachurus
(see Gibson and Bray 1986).
Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1937

(M)
Syn.: Lecithocladium ilishae Bashirullah
and D'Silva, 1973
Location: stomach
Records: Bashirullah and DSilva 1973 (Bay of
Bengal); Bashirullah 1973a (Bay of Bengal);
Zaman et al. 1992b (Chittagong), 1994
(Chittagong)
Remarks: The synonymy follows Gibson and
Bray (1986). These authors noted that because
there are many poorly described species of
Lecithocladium in the Indo-Malay Region, the
status of species in this part of the world is
highly confused.
SUBFAMILY HEMIURINAE
Hemiurus appendiculatus (Rudolphi, 1802)

(M)
Looss, 1899
Location: stomach
Remarks: Gibson (1996) noted that Hemiurus
appendiculatus is restricted to clupeids of the
genus Alosa and to Mediterranean and European
Atlantic waters as far north as southern Norway;
thus, this record is certainly based on a
misidentification.
Hemiurus sp.
(M)
Location: intestine
Host: Selaroides leptolepis
Lecithocladium magnacetabulum
(M)
Yamaguti, 1934
Location: stomach
Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953

(M)
Syn.: Lecithocladium dawesi Bashirullah
and D'Silva, 1973
Location: intestine
Records: Bashirullah and DSilva 1973 (Bay of
Bengal); Bashirullah 1973a (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: The synonymy follows Gibson and
Bray
(1986).
Lecithocladium
seriolellae
(M)
Location: intestine
Lecithocladium sp.
(M)
Location: intestine
Host: Pampus argenteus
Manter,
1954
Parahemiurus sp.
(M)
Location: stomach
SUBFAMILY LECITHOCHIRIINAE
Lecithochiriinae gen. sp.

(M)
Location: stomach
Host: Lepturacanthus savala
Unidentified Hemiuridae
12
Hemiuridae gen. sp.

(M)
Location: intestine
Hosts: Harpadon neherius (1)
Lates calcarifer (2)
Dist.: Chittagong?, Bay of Bengal
2. Chandra 1992a (Chittagong?)16, 17
(1972a) and Chandra and Banerjee (1993a).

Adults are found in the swimbladder of
siluriform catfishes, with metacercariae occurring
in the muscles of many siluriform and nonsiluriform fishes. Immature flukes are found in
the body cavity of Wallago attu and
occasionally Channa punctata; Isoparorchis
hypselobagri thus appears to use piscivorous
fishes as paratenic hosts. Although Bashirullah
(1972a) postulated that the parasite also matures
in fish-eating mammals, including man,
Chandra (1993a) pointed out that these findings
are probably cases of pseudoparasitism.
FAMILY ISOPARORCHIIDAE
Isoparorchis hypselobagri (Billet, 1898)

(F)
Ejsmont, 1932 adult and metacercaria18
Location: swimbladder, body cavity, muscle,
liver, stomach, intestine, visceral
surfaces
Hosts: Channa marulius (1,2,3,4)
C. punctata (1,2,3,4)
C. striata (1,2,3,4,10)
Clupisoma garua (12,13,14)
Eutropiichthys vacha (12,13,14)
Mastacembelus armatus (16)
Mystus cavasius (1,6,14)
M. tengara (6)
M. vittatus (6,14)
Nandus nandus (1,3,7,8,9)
Ompok bimaculatus (14,15,17)
O. pabda (3,11,12,13,14,15,17)
Sperata aor (1,3,11,12,13,14)
Wallago attu (1,2,3,4,14,17)
Xenetodon cancila (3)
fish (5)
Dist.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet?
Records: 1. Bashirullah 1972a (Dhaka), 2.
1973a (Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 3. Anon. 1974
(Chittagong); 4. Ahmed 1981 (-), 5. 1996 (-);
6. Chowdhury et al. 1986 (Dhaka); 7. Chandra
and Golder 1987 (Chittagong); 8. Golder and
Chandra 1987 (Chittagong); 9. Golder et al.
1987 (Chittagong); 10. Rahman 1989 (-); 11.
Chandra 1992a (Dhaka), 12. 1993b (Dhaka), 13.
1994b (Dhaka); 14. Chandra and Banerjee
1993a (Dhaka); 15. Khanum et al. 1996
(Dhaka); 16. Khanum and Parveen 1997 (-); 17.
Remarks: The role of fish in the life cycle of this
species has been discussed by Bashirullah
ORDER ECHINOSTOMATIDA
SUPERFAMILY ECHINOSTOMATOIDEA
FAMILY HAPLOPORIDAE
Haploporus sp.
(F?)
Host: Mugil cephalus
Dist.: Chittagong? 19
Record: Chandra 1993b
FAMILY PSILOSTOMIDAE
Psilostomum sp. [metacercaria?]

(M?)
Location: intestine
Hosts: Lates calcarifer
Remarks: Psilostomids are occasionally found in
fish as encysted metacercariae, adults occurring
in birds and occasionally mammals (see Gibson
1996). Members of the genus Psilostomum are
mainly parasites of aquatic birds; however, one
species, P. chilkai Chatterji, 1958, (syn. of
Staffordiella chilkai according to Mehra (1966))
has been described from the intestine of a fish
(Lates calcarifer) in India. The above record
may be based on a metacercaria or an accidental
infection (a metacercaria liberated in the
intestine of a piscivorous fish).
16
Estuarine fishes examined by Chandra (1992a) were noted

to have been collected mostly from Coxs Bazar, Chittagong
and Taknaf [Teknaf], which are all in the Chittagong Division.
17
The record of Chandra (1992a) was given as Himiurid
[sic] (unidentified).
18
The species name was misspelled hypselobagrii by
Chowdhury et al. (1986) and "hypselobargi" by Ahmed
(1996).
19
Estuarine fishes examined by Chandra (1993) were noted to

have been collected mostly from Coxs Bazar, Chittagong and
Teknaf, which are all in the Chittagong Division.
20
Estuarine fishes examined by Chandra (1992b) were noted
to have been collected mostly from Coxs Bazar, Chittagong
and Teknaf, which are all in the Chittagong Division.
13
ORDER PLAGIORCHIIDA
Record: Banerjee and Chandra 1993

Remarks: The synonymy follows Kakaji (1969).
SUPERFAMILY ALLOCREADIOIDEA
FAMILY ALLOCREADIIDAE
Allocreadium bengalensis Banerjee and

(F)
Chandra, 1993
Location: intestine
Host: Mastacembelus armatus
Dist.: Dhaka
Allocreadium glossogobium Banerjee

(F)
and Chandra, 1993
Location: intestine
Host: Glossogobius giuris
Dist.: Dhaka
Allocreadium handiai Pande, 1937

(F)
Location: intestine
Hosts:
Channa punctata (1)
Clupisoma garua (3)
Mystus cavasius (2)
M. tengara (2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Coil and Kuntz 1960 (Dhaka); 2.
Banerjee and Chandra 1993 (Dhaka); 3. Chandra
1993b (Dhaka)
Allocreadium mahaseri Pande, 1939

(F)
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Allocreadium mehrai Gupta, 1957

(F)
Syn.: Rhynchocreadium aculeatus
Srivastava, 1962
Location: intestine
Hosts: Macrognathus aculeatus
Mastacembelus armatus
Dist.: Dhaka
Allocreadium minutum Banerjee and

(F)
Chandra, 1993
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Allocreadium mymensinghi Banerjee and

(F)
Chandra, 1993
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Allocreadium ovatum Banerjee

(F)
and Chandra, 1993
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Allocreadium sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Host: Pangasius pangasius
Dist.: Dhaka
Macrolecithus sp.
(F)
Hosts: Heteropneustes fossilis (1,2,4)
Macrognathus pancalus (3)
Puntius sarana (1,2)
P. sophore (3)
Dist.: Barisal, Dhaka, Sylhet?
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed 1981 (-); 3. Ahmed and
Saha 1983 (Barisal, Dhaka); 4. Ahmed and Ezaz
1997 (-)
FAMILY OPECOELIDAE
SUBFAMILY OPECOELINAE
14
Coitocaecum sp.
(F)
Host: Sperata aor
Dist.: Barisal, Dhaka
Records: Ahmed 1981 (-); Ahmed and Saha 1983
(Barisal, Dhaka); Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Crowcrocaecum channai Bashirullah and

(F)
Elahi, 1972
Location: intestine
Host: Channa marulius
Records: Bashirullah and Elahi 1972b (Dhaka);
1981 (-)
Neopecoelina saharanpuriensis Gupta, 195521
(F)
Location: stomach, intestine, stomach wall [?],
intestinal wall [?]
Hosts: Anabas testudineus (5)
Channa punctata (1,2,3,4)
Heteropneustes fossilis (2,3,4,6)
Records: 1. Bashirullah and Eliah 1972b (Dhaka);
2. Bashirullah 1973a (Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 3.
Ahmed 1981 (-); 4. Ahmed and Saha 1983
(Barisal, Dhaka); 5. Akther et al. 1997 (Dhaka);
Neopecoelina sp.
(F)
Location: stomach, intestine, swimbladder [?]
Hosts: Channa punctata (3)
Heteropneustes fossilis (1,2,3)
Saha 1983 (Barisal, Dhaka)
Opegaster beliyai Pande, 1937

(F)
Location: stomach, intestine, body cavity [?]
Hosts: Glossogobius giuris (1,2,3,4,7,8)
21
The species name was misspelled saharanpurensis by

Bashirullah (1973a), Ahmed (1981), Ahmed and Saha (1983)
and Akther et al. (1997), and as shalanpurensis by Ahmed
and Ezaz (1997).
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed and Begum 1978 (Dhaka);

3. Ahmed 1981 (-); 4. Ahmed and Saha 1983
(Dhaka); 5. Akhtar et al. 1992 (Dhaka); 6.
Khanum and Begum 1992 (Dhaka); 7. Khanum
et al. 1992 (-), 8. 1994 (Dhaka); 9. Ahmed and
Ezaz 1997 (-)
Opegaster sp.
(F)
Location: stomach, intestine, stomach wall [?]
Ahmed and Begum 1978 (Barisal, Dhaka);
Ahmed 1981 (-); Ahmed and Saha 1983
(Barisal, Dhaka)
SUBFAMILY PLAGIOPORINAE
Cotylogonoporum orfeum Thapar and

(F)
Dayal, 1934
Mastacembelus armatus
Dist: Bangladesh
Eucreadium daccai Bashirullah and

(F)
Elahi, 197222
Location: intestine
Records: Bashirullah and Elahi 1972b (Dhaka);
1981 (-)
Macvicaria crassigula (Linton, 1910)

(M)
Bartoli, Bray and Gibson, 1989
Syn.: Plagioporus crassigula (Linton, 1910)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Akhtar et al. 1992 (Dhaka); Khanum
and Begum 1992 (Dhaka); 3. Ahmed and Ezaz
1997 (-)
Remarks: Bartoli et al. (1989) transferred this
species to the genus Macvicaria and provided a
redescription and a summary of its host and
geographical distributions. Definitive hosts are
22
The generic name was misspelled Eucredium by

Bashirullah (1973a) and Ahmed (1981).
15
marine fishes (mainly Sparidae) of the North

Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, while
records from other geographic areas (Indian and
South Atlantic oceans) were considered
questionable. Reports of this digenean from
stinging catfish from Bangladesh are thus likely
erroneous.
Podocotyle atomon (Rudolphi, 1802)

(M)
Dujardin, 1845 metacercaria
Location: swimbladder
Host: Nandus nandus
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Nahida et al. 1994
Remarks: This species is a parasite of the pyloric
caeca and intestine of marine fishes of the North
Atlantic Ocean. The above record from the
swimbladder of a freshwater fish of Bangladesh
is considered a misidentification.
FAMILY OPISTHOLEBETIDAE
Host: Chirocentrus dorab

Record: DSilva and Khatoon 1997
Remarks: Although various authors have
considered Acanthocolpus luehei a synonym of
A. liodorus Lhe, 1906, DSilva and Khatoon
(1997), who redescribed both species,
considered them distinct.
SUPERFAMILY OPISTHORCHIOIDEA
FAMILY CRYPTOGONIMIDAE
Aphallus sp.
(F)
Location: unspecified
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Amin et al. 1982
FAMILY OPISTHORCHIIDAE
Opistholebes sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Ahmed 1981 (-)
Remarks: Members of this genus are typically
parasites of marine fishes (pufferfishes).
Allogomtiotrema attu (Gupta, 1955)

(F)
Yamaguti, 1958
Location: stomach, body cavity [?]
Hosts: Channa marulius (1)
C. striata (1)
Macrognathus aculeatus (2)
Dist: Bangladesh
Records: 1. Khanum et al. 1993 (-); 2. Khanum
and Parveen 1997 (-)
SUPERFAMILY LEPOCREADIOIDEA
FAMILY ACANTHOCOLPIDAE
Acanthocolpus liodorus Lhe, 1906

(M)
Location: intestine
Records: Bashirullah 1973a (Bay of Bengal);
DSilva and Khatoon 1997 (Bay of Bengal)
Acanthocolpus luehei Srivastava, 193923
(M)
Location: intestine
23
The species name was originally spelled lhei. It has

been corrected to luehi following Article 32 (d) (I) (2) of the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Opisthorchis bagarius Chandra and

(F)
Banerjee, 1992
Location: intestine
Host: Bagarius bagarius
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Chandra and Banerjee 1992
Remarks: Members of the family Opisthorchiidae
typically use fish as second intermediate hosts
where they occur as encysted metacercariae, and
mature in the intestine of piscivorous mammals
and birds. This finding of mature specimens
from the intestine of a freshwater fish is unusual.
Opisthorchis sp. metacercaria

(F)
Host: Rita rita
16

Remarks: The above records are assumed to
involve the encysted metacercarial stage.
Host: Rita rita

Dist.: Dhaka?, Sylhet
Records: Bashirullah and Islam 1970 (Sylhet);
1981 (-); Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: Phyllodistomum spp. are typically
parasites of the ureters and urinary bladder.
SUPERFAMILY PLAGIORCHIOIDEA
FAMILY GORGODERIDAE
Phyllodistomum chauhani Motwani and

(F)
Srivastava, 1961
Location: intestine [?], body cavity [?]
Eutropiichthys vacha (2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Chandra and Banerjee 1993a (Dhaka);
2. Chandra 1993b (Dhaka)
Remarks: Members of the genus Phyllodistomum
are parasites of the urinary bladder and ureters.
Reports from other locations are probably due to
parasite dislocation during host dissection.
Phyllodistomum folium (Olfers, 1816)

(F)
Braun, 1899
Location: urinary bladder, intestine [?],
body cavity [?], mesenteries [?]
Hosts: Channa striata (1,2)
Glossogobius giuris (1,2,3,4)
Ompok bimaculatus (5,6)
Dist.: Dhaka
Ahmed 1981 (-); 3. Khanum et al. 1992 (-), 4.
1994 (Dhaka), 5. 1996 (Dhaka); 6. Ahmed and
Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: Phyllodistomum folium is a parasite of
the urinary system of European freshwater fishes.
Its occurrence in South Asia requires
confirmation, and we regard these records as
based on likely misidentifications.
Phyllodistimum spp. are typically parasites
of the urinary system. Reports from other
locations given by Bangladeshi authors are
likely the result of parasite dislocation during
host dissection.
Phyllodistomum yosufzaii Bashirullah

(F)
24
and Islam, 1970
Location: swimbladder [?]
Phyllodistomum sp.
(F)
Location: urinary bladder
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Ahmed and Begum 1978 (Dhaka);
Ahmed 1981 (-)
FAMILY LECITHODENDRIIDAE
Pleurogenes attui Kakaji, 1968

(F)
Location: intestine
Hosts: Ompok bimaculatus (1)
O. pabda (2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Khanum et al. 1996 (Dhaka); 2.
Remarks: Gibson (1998) noted that Pleurogenes
spp. are parasites of amphibians. Records from
Bangladeshi fishes might thus be due to
accidental
infection
or
temporary
pseudoparasitism, a result of a carnivorous fish
having consumed an infected frog.
Pleurogenes pabdai Pande, 1937

(F)
Location: intestine
Hosts: Ompok bimaculatus (1,2)
O. pabda (1,2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Khanum et al. 1996 (Dhaka); 2.
Pleurogenoides notopteri Bashirullah

(F)
and Hafizuddin, 197625
Location: intestine
Host: Notopterus notopterus
25
24
Bangladeshi authors subsequent to Bashirullah and Islam

(1970) have incorrectly spelled the species name as "yosufzai."

Pleurogenoides
notopteri
Bashirullah,
1973
(as
"Pleurogenoides notopteri Bashirullah & Hafizuddin, 1973).
17

Ahmed 1981 (-)
Remarks: As members of this genus are typically
parasites of amphibians, it is possible that the
occurrence of Pleurogenoides notopteri in a
freshwater fish is the result of an accidental
infection.
FAMILY MASENIIDAE
Eumasenia sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Masenia dayali Gupta, 1955

(F)
Location: intestine
Dist.: Bangladesh
FAMILY ORIENTOCREADIIDAE
Orientocreadium batrachoides Tubangui, 1931 (F)

Location: intestine
Hosts: Clarias batrachus (1,2,3,7)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Rashid et al. 1983 (Dhaka), 2. 1984
(Dhaka); 3. Rashid and Haque 1984a (Dhaka);
4. Chandra 1992a (Dhaka), 5. 1993b (Dhaka),
6. 1994a (Dhaka); 7. Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: The life cycle of this trematode was
studied experimentally by Sirikantayakul
(1985). In the Philippines, the snail Lymnaea
viridis serves as both the first intermediate and
the primary second intermediate host. A few
metacercariae were also recovered from catfish
(Clarias
macrocephalus)
and
tilapia
(Oreochromis mossambicus) fry and other
aquatic organisms expermentally exposed to
newly emerged cercariae.
SUPERFAMILY ZOOGONOIDEA
Asymphylodora indica Srivastava, 1936

(F)
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Coil and Kuntz 1960
Palaeorchis sp.
(F)
Clarias batratchus (3)
Clupisoma garua (4)
Mystus vittatus (3)
Puntius sarana (1,2)
Saha 1983 (Barisal, Dhaka); 4. Chandra 1993b
(Dhaka)
Unidentified Digenea
Digenea gen. sp. adult and metacercaria

(F)
Includes: Trematoda and trematodes auctorum
? black spot disease of Golder
et al., 1983
Location: stomach, intestine, liver; muscles,
body cavity, swimbladder, gills
C. punctata (1,3)
C. striata (1,3)
Clarias batrachus (7,10)
Cyprinus carpio (4)
Eutropiichthys vacha (3,8)
Glossogobius giuris (1,3)
Heteropneustes fossilis (1,3)
Nandus nandus (1)
O. pabda (1, 2,5,8)
Puntius sophore (2)
Silonia silondia (3)
Tenualosa ilisha (3)
Wallago attu (1,3)
Xenentodon cancila (1)
catfish (9)
fish (6)
Dist.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet?
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-)26; 2. Bashirullah 1973a
FAMILY LISSORCHIIDAE
26
The host record of Ali (1968) for Ompok pabda was given
only as C. pabda.
18
(Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 3. Anon. 1974

(Chittagong), 4. 1993 (-)27; 5. Ali et al. 1983
(Dhaka); 6. Golder et al. 198328 (Chittagong);
7. Rashid and Haque 1984b (Dhaka); 8.
Chandra 1992a (Dhaka), 9. 1994b (Dhaka)29;
10. Ahmed 1996 (-)
CLASS MONOGENEA
SUBCLASS POLYONCHOINEA
ORDER DACTYLOGYRIDEA
SUBORDER DACTYLOGYRINEA
FAMILY DACTYLOGYRIDAE
Dactylogyrus glossogobii Jain, 1960

(F)
Location: gills
Ahmed 1981 (-)
Dactylogyrus vastator Nybelin, 192430
(F)
Location: gills
fish (2)
Dist.: Bangladesh
Records: 1. Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-); 2. Banu
et al. 1999 (-)
Remarks: Gibson et al. (1996) indicated that this
species is a parasite of cyprinid fishes of the
Palearctic and Nearctic regions. The above
records
are thus probably based on
misidentifications.
Dactylogyrus sp.
(F)
Catla catla (6)
27
The record of Anon. (1993) is taken from Figure 7.

The record of black spot disease by Golder et al. (1983) is
tentatively considered to refer to infection by an unidentified
digenean.
29
Chandra (1994b) examined four species of siluroid
catfishes, but did not indicate to which host(s) this record
pertains.
30
The species name was misspelled vestator by Banu et al.
(1999).
28

Cyprinus carpio (6)
Labeo rohita (6)
carp (3)
Indian major carp (1)
fish (5)
Records: 1. Sanaullah and Ahmed 1980 (-); 2.
Hossain and Khan 1992 (-); 3. Anon. 1992 (-),
4. 1993 (Chittagong, Rajshahi); 5. Hossain
1993 (-); 6. Banu et al. 1993 (Dhaka)
SUBCLASS OLIGONCHOINEA
ORDER MAZOCRAEIDEA
SUBORDER MAZOCRAEINEA
FAMILY MAZOCRAEIDAE
Pseudoanthocotyle pavlovskyi Bykhovsky

(M)
and Nagibina, 1954
Syn.: Pseudoanthocotyle jagannath
(Tripathi, 1959)
Location: gills
Host: Rastrelliger kanagurta
Remarks:
The synonymy follows Mamaev
(1982).
SUBORDER GASTROCOTYLINEA
SUPERFAMILY GASTEROCOTYLOIDEA
FAMILY GASTEROCOTYLIDAE
Pricea multae Chauhan, 1945

(M)
Syn.: Pricea armata Ramalingam, 1952
P. robusta Ramalingam, 1952
Location: gills
Host: Scomberomorus guttatus
Remarks:
The synonymy follows Nagibina
(1969) and Rohde (1976). A discussion of the
host and geographical distribution, and a
19
Records: 1. Anon. 1974 (-), 2. 199331 (-)
revised synonymy is provided by Rohde and

Hayward (1999).
CLASS CESTODA
SUBORDER MICROCOTYLINEA
SUBCLASS GYROCOTYLIDEA
SUPERFAMILY MICROCOTYLOIDEA
ORDER GYROCOTYLIDEA
FAMILY AXINIDAE
FAMILY GYROCOTYLIDAE
Megamicrocotyle chirocentrus
(M)
Location: gills
Tripathi,
1956
SUPERFAMILY DYCLIDOPHOROIDEA
FAMILY DICLYDOPHORIDAE
Choricotyle pagelli (Gallien, 1937)

(M)
Llewellyn, 1941
Location: gills
Host: Ilisha filigera
Remarks: As this monogenean was originally
described from a sea bream collected in the
North Atlantic Ocean off Ireland (see Dawes
1947), its report from a fish from Bangladesh is
suspect.
Choricotyle sp.
(M)
Location: gills
Host: Ilisha filigera
Gyrocotyle sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Dist.: Bangladesh
Records: Ali 1968; Anon. 1974 (-)
Remarks: Gyrocotylideans are primitive monozoic
cestodes parasitic in the spiral valves of
holocephalan fishes (see Gibson 1994). These
records undoubtedly involve misidentications,
most probably of caryophyllidean cestodes,
which are common in walking catfish in
Bangladesh.
SUBCLASS CESTOIDEA
SUPERORDER EUCESTODA
ORDER CARYOPHYLLIDEA32
FAMILY LYTOCESTIDAE
Bovienia serialis (Bovien, 1926)

(F)
Fuhrmann, 1931
Location: intestine
Records: Ahmed 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka); Ahmed
et al. 1984 (Barisal, Dhaka), 1985 (Dhaka);
Unidentified Monogenea
Monogenea gen. sp.

(F)
Includes: monogeneans auctorum
Hosts:
Puntius sophore (1)
Puntius sp. (2)
Dist.: Bangladesh
Bovienia sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Records: Ahmed and Sanaullah 1976 (-)33, 1977a
31
The record is taken from Figure 5 of Anon. (1993).

The many difficulties surrounding the taxonomy of
cary ophy llidean cestodes described from the South Asian
Region are discussed by Mackiewicz (1981).
32
20
(Rajshahi); Sanaullah and Ahmed 1978 (Dhaka,

Rajshahi)
Djombangia penetrans Bovien, 1926

(F)
Dist.: Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi,
Sylhet
(Chittagong,
Dhaka,
Rajshahi, Sylhet),
35
1977b (-) , 1979 (-); Sanaullah and Ahmed
1978 (Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Sylhet)36;
Ahmed 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka); Rashid et al.
1983 (Dhaka), 1985 (Dhaka); Rashid and Haque
1984a (Dhaka); Ahmed et al. 1984 (Barisal,
Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet), 1985 (Dhaka);
Remarks: The pathology caused by this cestode
in Clarias batrachus has been described by
Ahmed and Sanaullah (1979).
Lytocestus birmanicus Lynsdale, 1956

(F)
Location: intestine
Records: Ahmed 1981 (Barisal); Ahmed et al.
1984 (Dhaka), 1985 (Dhaka); Ahmed and Ezaz
1997 (-)
Lytocestus indicus (Moghe, 1925)

(F)
Woodland, 1926
Dist.: Barisal, Chittangong, Dhaka, Rajshahi,
Sylhet
(Chittagong,
Dhaka,
Rajshahi, Sylhet),
1977b (-)38, 1979 (-); Sanaullah and Ahmed
1978 (-)39; Ahmed 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka);
Rashid et al. 1983 (Dhaka), 1985 (Dhaka);
Rashid and Haque 1984a (Dhaka); Ahmed et al.
1984 (Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet),
1985 (Dhaka); Chandra et al.1997 (Dhaka);
Lytocestus lativitellarium Furtado and

(F)
Tan, 1973
Location: intestine
Dist.: Bangladesh
Record: Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Lytocestus parvulus Furtado, 1963

(F)
Location: intestine
Sylhet
(Dhaka, Rajshahi), 1977b (-)41, 1979 (-);
Sanaullah and Ahmed 1978 (-)42; Ahmed 1981
(Barisal, Dhaka); Rashid et al. 1983 (Dhaka),
1985 (Dhaka); Rashid and Haque 1984a
(Dhaka); Ahmed et al. 1984 (Barisal,
Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet), 1985 (Dhaka);
Lytocestus sp.
(F)
33
Ahmed and Sanaullah (1976) examined catfishes from six

regions of Bangladesh, but did not indicate specific collection
localities for individual host or parasite species.
34
35
Ahmed and Sanaullah (1977b) examined catfishes from six
localities for individual parasites.
36
Sanaullah and Ahmed (1978) examined catfishes from six
regions of Bangladesh, but in most cases, did not indicate
specific collection localities for individual parasites. They did
note that D. penetrans occurred in C. batrachus at all study
areas.
37
38

specific collection localities for individual parasites.
39
40
41
42
21
Syn.: Lucknowia sp.

Location: intestine
Hosts: Clarias batrachus (1,2)
Otolithoides pama (2)
catfish (4)
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-); 2. Anon. 1974 (-); 3.
Ahmed 1981 (Dhaka), 4. 1996 (-); 5. Ahmed et
al. 1984 (Barisal), 6. 1985 (Dhaka); 7. Ahmed
and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: The synonymy follows Mackiewicz
(1994).
Monobothrioides sp.
(F)
Location: [intestine]
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Rashid et al. 1983 (Dhaka), 1985
(Dhaka); Rashid and Haque 1984a (Dhaka)
Remarks:
As Mackiewicz (1994) noted that
members of this genus are parasites of Bagridae
and Clariidae in Africa, the above records are
considered to involve misidentifications (J.S.
Mackiewicz, pers. comm.).
FAMILY CARYOPHYLLAEIDAE
Bialovarium sp.
(F)
Dist.: Dhaka
Remarks: Mackiewicz (1994) noted that members
of this genus are parasites of cyprinid fishes in
North America; the above report is thus
regarded
as
a
misidentification (J.S.
Caryophyllaeus sp.
(F)
Hosts: Clupisoma garua
Eutropiichthys vacha
Ompok pabda
Silonia silondia
Sperata aor
Dist.: Dhaka
Remarks: Members of the genus Caryophyllaeus
appear to be restricted to cyprinid fishes in the
Palearctic Region (see Mackiewicz 1983, 1994).
Reports of this genus from fishes of Bangladesh

are considered to be misidentifications (J.S.
FAMILY CAPINGENTIDAE
Capingentoides batrachii Gupta, 1961
(F)
species inquirenda
Location: intestine
Dist.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet
Records: Ahmed 1981 (Dhaka); Ahmed et al.
1984 (Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet), 1985
(Dhaka); Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks:
Mackiewicz (1994) considered the
genus Capingentoides Gupta, 1961 a synonym
of Pseudocaryophyllaeus Gupta, 1961. He also
noted that the musculature of P. indica Gupta,
1961 and C. batrachii Gupta, 1961 appears to
be that of the family Caryophyllaeidae and that
these two species may be conspecific. He also
observed that the original description of C.
batrachii was likely based on a mixed infection.
For these reasons, we have listed this taxon as
a species inquirenda.
Pseudocaryophyllaeus heteropneustus
(F)
Chandra and Khatun, 1993
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Chandra and Khatun 1993
Pseudocaryophyllaeus indica Gupta, 1961

(F)
Location: intestine
Records: Ahmed 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka); Ahmed
et al. 1984 (Barisal, Dhaka), 1985 (Dhaka);
Remarks: Mackiewicz (1994) noted that the
musculature of Pseudocaryophyllaeus indica
Gupta, 1961 and Capingentoides batrachii
Gupta, 1961 appears to be that of the family
Caryophyllaeidae and that these two species
may be conspecific.
Pseudocaryophyllaeus sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
22
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Chandra 1993b (Dhaka), 1994a (Dhaka)
SUPERFAMILY HOMEACANTHOIDEA
FAMILY TENTACULARIIDAE
Pseudolytocestus clariae Gupta, 1961

(F)
Includes: Lytocestus clariae of Anon., 197443
Pseudocaryophyllaeus clariae of
Ahmed and Ezaz, 199744
Location: intestine
Dist.: Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet
Records: Anon. 1974 (-); Ahmed et al. 1984
(Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet), 1985
(Dhaka); Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: Mackiewicz (1981) regarded the status
of this species as uncertain. The other member
of the genus, Pseudolytocestus differtus Hunter,
1927 is a parasite of a North American
catostomid fish (see Wardle and McLeod 1952).
Unidentified Caryophyllaeidea
Caryophyllaeidea gen. sp.

(F)
Includes: Caryophyllidean larva auctorum
"caryophyllid" cestodes auctorum
"caryphylloid" cestodes auctorum
Clupisoma garua (1)
Ompok bimaculatus (5,6,7)
catfish (2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Chandra 1992a (Dhaka), 2. 1994b
(Dhaka)45; 3. Akhtar et al. 1992 (Dhaka); 4.
Khanum and Begum 1992 (Dhaka); 5. Khanum
et al. 1996 (Dhaka); 6. Ahmed 1996 (-); 7.
ORDER TRYPANORHYNCHA
Nybelinia sp. [postlarva]

(M)
SUPERFAMILY OTOBOTHRIOIDEA
FAMILY OTOBOTHRIIDAE
Poecilancistrum ilisha (Southwell and

(M)
Prashad, 1918) Dollfus, 1929 plerocercus
Syn.: Rhynchobothrius ilisha Southwell
and Prashad, 1918
Tentacularia ilisha (Southwell
and Prashad, 1918)
Location: musculature
Dist.: Khulna
Records:
Southwell and Prashad 1918a
(Khulna)46; 1918b (Khulna?)47; Southwell 1929
(Khulna), 1930 (-)48
Remarks: This systematic position of this species
is uncertain. Dollfus (1942) noted that
Poecilancistrum ilisha was probably a synonym
of P. gangeticum (Shipley and Hornell, 1906)
and that both names may be synonyms of P.
caryophyllum Diesing, 1850. Goldstein (1963),
however, suggested that P. ilisha should be
returned to the genus Otobothrium Linton,
1890.
Poecilancistrum ilisha (Southwell and
(M)
Prashad, 1918) Dollfus, 1929
Syn.: Rhynchobothrius ilisha Southwell
and Prashad, 1918
Tentacularia ilisha (Southwell
and Prashad, 1918)
46
43
Anon. (1974) reported "Lytocystus clarias" [sic] from

Clarias batrachus. This new combination is believed to have
been the result of a lapsus.
44
Ahmed and Ezaz (1997) listed "Pseudocaryophyllaeus
clariae" from walking catfish. This new combination is
believed to have been the result of a lapsus.
45
catfishes, but did not indicate to which host(s) this record
pertains.
The specimens of Southwell and Prashad (1918a) were

collected from the Pusser River, Khulna District, Bengal.
47
Southwell and Prashad (1918b) did not specify where their
material was collected, only noting that their main
observations were made "...at Khulna and Kalna (in the district
of Jessore), in the rivers Pussur and Madhumati." (now
Bangladesh), with additional work being conducted at several
localities in India.
48
The location for the record of Southwell (1930) was given
simply as "Bengal, India."
23
Location: intestine
Host: Glyphis gangeticus
Dist.: Khulna
Records:
Southwell and Prashad 1918a
(Khulna)49; Southwell 1929 (Khulna), 1930 ()50
Remarks: The systematic postion of this species is
uncertain.
Dollfus
(1942)
noted that
Poecilancistrum ilisha was probably a synonym
of P. gangeticum (Shipley and Hornell, 1906)
and that both names may be synonyms of P.
caryophyllum Diesing, 1850. Goldstein (1963),
however, suggested that P. ilisha should be
returned to the genus Otobothrium Linton,
1890.
FAMILY PTEROBOTHRIIDAE
hilsa involves Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum

Escalante and Carvajal, 1984 (I. Beveridge pers.
comm.).
Pterobothrium lintoni (MacCallum, 1916)

(M)
Dollfus, 1942 plerocercus
Syn.: Gymnorhynchus malleus (Linton, 1924)
Location: body cavity, viscera, muscle
Host: Lates calcarifer
Records: Chandra 1992a, 1993b
Remarks: The synonymy follows Campbell and
Beveridge (1996).
SUPERFAMILY POECILACANTHOIDEA
Pterobothrium
acanthotruncatum
Escalante
(M)
and Carvajal, 1984 plerocercus
Syn.: Gymnorhynchus gigas of Southwell,
1929 (partim), 1930 (partim)
Host: Arius gagora
Dist.: Khula? 51
Records: Southwell 1929, 1930
Remarks: Campbell and Beveridge (1996) reexamined Southwell's specimens from Arius
gagora,
transferring
them
to
P.
acanthotruncatum.
Pterobothrium heteracanthum Diesing, 1850

(M)
plerocercus
Syn.:
Syndesmobothrium filicolle Linton,
1890
Dist.: Khula? 52
Record: Southwell and Prashad 1918b
Remarks: The synonymy follows Dollfus (1942);
however, is is possible that this record from
49
The specimens of Southwell and Prashad (1918a) were

collected from the Pusser River, Khulna District, Bengal.
50
The location for the record of Southwell (1930) was given
simply as "Bengal, India."
51
The records of Southwell (1929,1930) for Arius gagora were
from the Sunderbans, Delta of the Ganges, Bengal, India. As
this mangrove area spans both present day India and
Bangladesh, these records are included as possibly pertaining
to Bangladesh.
52
Southwell and Prashad (1918b) did not specify where their
material was collected, only noting that their main
observations were made "...at Khulna and Kalna (in the district
of Jessore), in the rivers Pussur and Madhumati." (now
Bangladesh), with additional work being conducted at several
localities in India.
FAMILY DASYRHYNCHIDAE
Dasyrhynchus indicus Chandra and Rao, 1986

(M)
plerocercus species inquirenda
Remarks:
In their revision of the genus
Dasyrhynchus Pintner, 1928, Beveridge and
Campbell (1993) noted that Dasyrhynchus
indicus resembles D. magnus (Bilquees and
Kurshid, 1985), but that the original description
is too poor to be certain of their synonymy.
We follow these authors in listing this taxon as
a species inquirenda.
FAMILY GYMNORHYNCHIDAE
Gymnorhynchus gigas (Cuvier, 1817)

(M)
Rudolphi, 1819 plerocercus
53
Estuarine fishes examined by Chandra (1992a, 1993b) were

noted to have been collected mostly from Coxs Bazar,
Chittagong and Teknaf, which are all in the Chittagong
Division.
54
Division.
55
24

Remarks: As other records of Gymnorhynchus
gigas from Indian coastal waters of the Bay of
Bengal given by Chandra (1985b) clearly
pertain to Pterobothrium (I. Beveridge, per.
comm.), this record from Bangladesh may
involve
Pterobothrium
acanthotruncatum
Escalante and Carvajal, 1984.

Host: elasmobranch fishes
Record: Khusi et al. 1993
ORDER TETRAPHYLLIDEA
FAMILY DISCULICIPITIDAE
Gymnorhynchus sp. plerocercus

(M)
Location: body cavity, viscera
Hosts: Otolithoides pama (1,2,3)
Pangasius pangasius (1,3)
Tenualosa ilisha (1,3)
Dist.: Chittagong
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-); 2. Rahman 1971
(Chittagong); 3. Anon. 1974 (Chittagong)
Disculiceps pileatum (Linton, 1890) Joyeux

(M)
and Baer, 1936
Syn.: Discocephalum pileatum Linton, 1890
Location: intestine
Host: Glyphis gangeticus
Dist.: Khulna
Record: Southwell and Prashad 1918a58
Unidentified Tetraphyllidea
FAMILY LACISTORHYNCHIDAE
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis (Rudolphi,

(M)
Pintner, 1931 plerocercus56
1819)
Unidentified Trypanorhyncha
Tetrarhynchus sp.
(M)
Location: muscle, ovary
Dist.: Bangladesh
Records: Ali 1968 (-); Anon. 1974 (-)
Remarks:
Jones et al. (1994) listed
Tetrarhynchus Rudolphi, 1890 as a genus
incertae sedis.
Trypanorhyncha gen. sp.

(M)
Division.
56
The generic name was misspelled Calliotetrarhynchus" by
Chandra (1992a, 1993b).
57
Division.
Tetraphyllidea gen. sp.

(M)
ORDER LECANICEPHALIDEA
Lecanicephalidea gen. sp.

(M)
ORDER PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA
FAMILY BOTHRIOCEPHALIDAE
Bothriocephalus cuspidatus Cooper, 1917

(F)
Location: [pyloric caeca, intestine]
Hosts: Channa marulius
C. striata
Dist.: Bangladesh
Record: Khanum et al. 1993
Remarks: The report of this North American
58
Southwell and Prashad (1918a) gave the collection locality

as Pusser River, Khulna District, Bengal.
25
species from Bangladesh is probably based on a

misidentification.
Bothriocephalus sp. plerocercoid

(F)
Location: viscera, gall bladder
Host: Nandus nandus
Dist.: Chittagong, Dhaka
Records: Chandra and Golder 1987 (Chittagong);
Golder et al. 1987 (Chittagong); Nahida et al.
1994 (Dhaka)
Remarks: Golder et al. (1987) noted that most of
their specimens were "encysted."
Polyonchobothrium sp.
(F)
C. striata
Dist.: Bangladesh
Senga ophicephaliana (Tseng, 1933)

(F)
Dollfus, 193459
Location: intestine
Host: Nandus nandus
Dist.: Chittagong
Records: Chandra and Golder 1987 (Chittagong);
Golder et al. 1987 (Chittagong)
Taphrobothrium japonense Lhe, 1899

(M)
C. striata
Dist.: Bangladesh
Remarks: Originally described from a marine fish
(Muraenesox cinereus) of Japan (see Wardle and
McLeod 1952), the occurrence of this species in
freshwater fishes of Bangladesh is unlikely.
FAMILY TRIAENOPHORIDAE
Anchistrocephalus sp.
(F)
Syn.: Ancistrocephalus sp.
Location: intestine, liver
59
The parasite species name has been misspelled

"ophiocephalina" by Bangladeshi authors.
Hosts: Channa marulius (1,2)

C. punctata (1,2)
C. striata (1,2)
Nandus nandus (1,2)
Dist.: Chittagong
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-); 2. Anon. 1974
(Chittagong)
Remarks: The synonymy follows Bray et al.
(1994). As the only member of this genus,
Anchistrocephalus microcephalus Rudolphi,
1819, is a parasite of the ocean sunfish (Mola
mola) (see Wardle and McLeod 1952), these
records from freshwater fishes of Bangladesh
probably involve misidentifications.
Marsipometra parva Simer, 1930

(F)
Dist: Bangladesh
Remarks: This species was originally described
from Polyodon spathula from the southern
United States (see Hoffman 1998); its occurrence
in Bangadesh seems improbable.
FAMILY DIPHYLLOBOTHRIIDAE
Diphyllobothrium
latum
(Linnaeus,
1758)
(F)
Lhe, 1910 plerocercoid
Location: mucles
Host: Harpadon nehereus
Dist.: Chittagong
Record: Uddin et al. 1980
Remarks: Diphyllobothrium latum is a parasite of
coldwater freshwater fishes of North America and
Europe (see Hoffman 1998). The above report
from Bangladesh is considered to involve a
misidentification.
Ligula intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

(F)
Gmelin, 1790 plerocercoid
Location: [body cavity]
Dist.: Dhaka
Remarks: Bray et al. (1994) noted that the
distribution of this species is circumboreal; its
occurrence in fishes of Bangadesh therefore
requires confirmation.
26
Unidentified Diphyllobothriidae
therefore, it should not be applied to cestodes.
Diphyllobothriidae gen. sp. plerocercoid

(F)
Includes: Diphyllobothridean larvae auctorum60
Location: body cavity, viscera, intestine
Hosts: Nandus nandus (1)
Records: Chowdhury et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 2.
Zaman et al. 1992b (Chittagong), 3. 1994
(Chittagong)
Cestoda gen. sp. plerocercoid and/or adult

(F)
Includes: cestodes auctorum
Location: intestine, body cavity
C. punctata (1,2)
C. striata (2)
Clarias batrachus (1,2,5,6)
Mystus tengara (4)
Otolithoides pama (1,2)
Pangasius pangasius (2)
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-); 2. Anon. 1974
(Chittagong), 3. 1993 (Rajshahi); 4. Hassan et
al. 1982 (Dhaka); 5. Rashid and Haque 1984b
(Dhaka); 6. Sultana et al. 1992 (Dhaka)
Unidentified Pseudophyllidea
Pseudophyllidea gen. sp.

(F,M)
Includes: Pseudophyllidean cestodes auctorum
Hosts: Glossogobius giuris (1,2)
elasmobranch fishes (3)
Dist.: Dhaka, Bay of Bengal
Records: 1. Khanum et al. 1992 (-), 2. 1994
(Dhaka); 3. Khusi et al. 1993 (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: As pseudophyllideans do not infect
elasmobranchs, the record of Khusi et al. (1993)
is either based on a misidentification or is the
result of pseudoparasitism due a shark or ray
feeding on a teleost fish.
PHYLUM NEMATODA62
CLASS ADENOPHOREA
ORDER ENOPLIDA
SUPERFAMILY DIOCTOPHYMATOIDEA
FAMILY DIOCTOPHYMATIDAE
Unidentified Cestoda
Ilisha
parthenogenetica
Southwell
and
(M?)
Prashad, 1918 plerocercoid
Location: pyloric caeca, mesenteries, liver
Dist.: Chittagong, Khulna
Records: Southwell and Prashad 1918a (Khulna);
Southwell 1930 (Khulna)61; Zaman et al.
1992b (Chittagong), 1994 (Chittagong)
Remarks: According to Jones et al. (1994), the
genus Ilisha Southwell and Prashad, 1918 is a
collective larval genus that is preoccupied;
60
In an abstract, Zamin et al. (1992b) initially reported

diphy llobothridean larvae from Tenualosa ilisha. In a more
complete report of their study , they subsequently (Zamin et al.
1992b) recorded a single specimen from the intestine of this
fish, variously referring to it as Diphyllobothrium sp.,
Diphy llobothridean and Diphy llobothrideans spp."
61
Southwell (1930) listed this species from "Khulna, Bengal,
India."
Eustrongylides tubifex (Nitzsch in

(F)
Rudolphi, 1819) Jgerskild, 1909 larva
Location: ovary, mesenteries
Dist.: Dhaka
and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks:
The life cycle of this nematode
involves maturation in fish-eating birds
(Gaviiformes, Anseriformes, Ciconiiformes and
Podicipediformes). Aquatic oligochaetes serve
as first intermediate hosts, while fish are
believed to act as second intermediate or
paratenic hosts (see Moravec 1998). Moravec
(1998) cautioned that the only reliable means of
determining the specific identity of larval
62
A listing of the nematodes recorded from fishes of

Bangladesh was given by Chandra (1992b). This paper
contains no original records.
27
Eustrongylides is to examine adult specimens

obtained through experimental infection of
birds. Further, as Measures (1988), in her
revision of the genus, stated that E. tubifex is
found only in the Holarctic and Neotropical
regions, the above report is regarded as a
probable misidentification.
Eustrongylides sp. [larva?]

(F)
Host: Ompok pabda
Location: intestine [?]
Dist.: Dhaka
Remarks: The above record from the intestine of a
freshwater fish requires confirmation.
The
location may have been incorrectly determined,
or the parasite may have been misidentified.
Cosmoxynemoides sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Host: Colisa fasciatus
Ahmed 1981 (-)
Remarks: Petter and Quentin (1976) noted that
the genus Cosmoxynemoides Travassos, 1949
was of doubtful status because males were
unknown. However, Moravec (1998), in his
review of the nematode fauna of Neotropical
freshwater fishes, accepted the validity of this
genus and species. Moravec (1998) also noted
that the genus contains a single species, C.
aguirrei Travassos, 1949, so far known only
from South America.
SUPERFAMILY TRICHINELLOIDEA
ORDER ASCARIDIDA
FAMILY CAPILLARIIDAE
SUPERFAMILY HETERAKOIDEA
FAMILY ASCARIDIIDAE
Capillaria sp.
(F,M)
Location: esophagus, stomach, intestine
Psettodes erumei (2,3)
Solea elongata (1)
Pampus argenteus (1)
Parastromateus niger (1)
Trichiurus lepturus (1)
2. Ahmed and Rahman 1976 (Bay of Bengal),
3. 1977 (Bay of Bengal); 4. Khanum et al.
1992 (-), 5. 1994 (Dhaka), 6. 1996 (Dhaka); 7.
Khanum and Parveen 1997 (-); 8. Ahmed and
Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: As a large number of genera belonging
to the Capillariidae are now recognized to infect
fishes (see Moravec 1998), the generic
assignment
of nematodes
reported as
"Capillaria" from fishes of Bangladesh must be
re-examined.
CLASS SECERNENTEA
ORDER OXYURIDA
Ascaridia sp. adult and larva63

(F)
Location: digestive tract, viscera, body cavity
Clarias batrachus (3,5,8)
Nandus nandus (6,7)
fish (1)
Records: 1. Islam 1982 (Sylhet); 2. Hossain et
al. 1982 (Dhaka); 3. Rashid et al. 1983
(Dhaka); 4. Huq et al. 1983 (Dhaka); 5. Rashid
and Haque 1984a (Dhaka); 6. Chandra and
Golder 1987 (Chittagong); 7. Golder et al.
1987 (Chittagong); 8. Rashid 1990 (Dhaka); 9.
Chandra 1994a (Dhaka)
Remarks: Members of the genus Ascaridia
Dujardin, 1845 are parasites of birds and, rarely,
mammals (see Chabaud 1978). Some of the
above records may involve misidentification of
ascaridoid nematodes, as the adults and/or
larvae of a number of genera of this superfamily
(e.g.,
Anisakis,
Contracaecum,
Hysterothylacium,
Pseudoterranova,
Raphidascaris) are frequently encountered
parasites of fishes.
SUPERFAMILY OXYUROIDEA
63
FAMILY PHARYNGODONIDAE
For many records from Bangladesh, neither the life-cy cle

stage nor the location within the host is indicated.
28
SUPERFAMILY ASCARIDOIDEA
FAMILY ANISAKIDAE
Goezia ascaroides (Goeze, 1782) Railliet

(M)
and Henry, 1915
Location: stomach
Host: Thryssa hamiltonii
Dist.: Khulna
Record: Khan and Yaseen 1969
Remarks: As Goezia ascaroides is a poorly
known parasite of European freshwater fishes
(see Deardorff and Overstreet 1980), the above
record from a marine fish of Bangladesh is likely
to be based on a misidentification.
A
description was provided by Khan and Yaseen
(1969).
Goezia sp. 64
(F,M)
Location: intestine, body cavity
Hosts: Lutjanus argentimaculatus (2)
Wallago attu (2,4,5)
Dist.: Dhaka?, Sylhet?, Bay of Bengal
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-); 2. Bashirullah 1973a
(Bay of Bengal, Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 3. Anon.
1974 (-); 4. Ahmed 1981 (-); 5. Ahmed and
Ezaz 1997 (-)
Contracaecum aori Khan and

(F)
Yaseen, 1969 larva species inquirenda
Host: Sperata aor
Dist.: Sylhet
Remarks: The description of this nematode by
Khan and Yaseen (1969) was based on three
female specimens. Deardorff and Overstreet
(1981) listed Contracaecum aori among those
larval ascaridoids of uncertain status. They
further noted that it was probably a fourth-stage
larva. Moravec (1998) noted that since the
separation of species is based on adult
morphology, it is generally impossible to
assign larval Contracaecum to species with
certainty without carrying out feeding
experiments.
64
The generic name was misspelled "Goezi" by Ali (1968)

and Anon. (1974).
Contracaecum brevicaecum Khan and

(?)65
Yaseen, 1969 larva species inquirenda
Host: sawfish
Dist.: Khulna
Remarks: The description of this species by
Khan and Yaseen (1969) was based on female
specimens only. Deardorff and Overstreet (1981)
listed Contracaecum brevicaecum among those
larval ascaridoids of uncertain status. They
further noted that it was a third-stage larva.
Moravec (1998) noted that since the separation
of species is based on adult morphology, it is
generally impossible to assign larval
Contracaecum to species with certainty without
carrying out feeding experiments.
Contracaecum sp. larva

(F,M)
Location: stomach, pyloric caeca, intestine,
body cavity, viscera
Channa marilius (1,3)
C. punctata (1,3)
C. striata (1,3)
Clupisoma garua (3)
Nandus nandus (1,3,4)
O. pabda (3,6,8)
Pangasius pangasius (1,3)
Rita rita (1,3)
Sardinella fimbriata (2,5)
Wallago attu (1,3)
Xenentodon cancila (1,3)
Dist.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Bay of Bengal
(Bay of Bengal); 3. Anon. 1974 (Chittagong);
4. Chowdhury et al. 1983 (Dhaka); 5. Ahmed
et al. 1986 (Bay of Bengal); 6. Khanum et al.
1996 (Dhaka); 7. Akther et al. 1997 (Dhaka); 8.
Remarks: Members of the genus Contracaecum
occur as adults in the digestive tract of fisheating birds and marine mammals, while fish
may serve as either intermediate or paratenic
hosts (see Moravec 1998).
65
Sawfish (family Pristidae) occur in marine and estuarine

environments, and may enter fresh water.
29
Heterotyphlum sp. larva and adult? 66,67

(M)
Location: liver, stomach wall, stomach
Hosts: Cynoglossus arel (2,3,4)
Ilisha filigera (1)
2. Ahmed and Rahman 1976 (Bay of Bengal),
3. 1977 (Bay of Bengal), 4. 1979 (Bay of
Bengal)
Paranisakis sp. larva

(M)
Location: body cavity, viscera
Raphidascaris panijii Khan and

(M)
Yaseen, 1969 species inquirenda
Location: intestine
Host: Sillaginopsis panijus
Dist.: Khulna
Remarks: Soota (1983) noted that Raphidascaris
panijii was inadequately described based on a
single male specimen. He also pointed out that
the authors' figure of the tail of the adult male
appears to be that of a juvenile female.
Raphidascaris sp. larva

(M)
Location: intestine, body cavity, wall of stomach
and intestine
Hosts: Polynemus paradiseus (4)
Psettodes erumei (1,2,3)
Sardinella fimbriata (4)
Records: 1. Ahmed and Rahman 1976 (Bay of
Bengal), 2. 1977 (Bay of Bengal), 3. 1979 (Bay
of Bengal); 4. Ahmed et al. 1986 (Bay of
Bengal)
Terranova sp.
(M)
66
The generic name was misspelled "Heterophylum" by all

Bangladeshi authors except Bashirullah (1973a).
67
Bashirullah (1973a) reported Heterotyphlum sp. from the
stomach of the clupeid fish Ilisha filigera, but did not indicate
the stage of maturity .
Location: stomach
Host: Eusphyra blochii
FAMILY ACANTHOCHEILIDAE
Pseudanisakis sp.
(M)
Syn.: Metanisakis sp.
Location: stomach
Host: Eusphyra blochii
Remarks: The synonymy follows Gibson (1973).
As Gibson (1973) noted that Pseudanisakis
spp. appear to be primarily parasites of skates
and rays, the above report from a winghead
shark is possibly based on a misidentification.
He also speculated that the life cycle of members
of this genus may involve one or two crustacean
and no teleost intermediate hosts.
FAMILY ASCARIDIDAE
Ascaris sp.
(F)
Location: stomach
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Hossain et al. 1982 (Dhaka); Huq et al.
1983 (Dhaka)
Remarks: As members of the genus Ascaris are
parasites of mammals (see Hartwich 1974), the
above records must involve misidentifications of
other ascaridoid nematodes.
Dujardinascaris sp. larva

(M)
Location: liver, stomach wall
Host: Cynoglossus arel
Records: Ahmed and Rahman 1976 (Bay of
Bengal), 1977 (Bay of Bengal), 1979 (Bay of
Bengal)
Remarks: Members of the genus Dujardinascaris
are parasites of crocodilians (see Hartwich
1974).
Porrocaecum trichiuri Chandler, 1935

(M)
species inquirenda [larva?]
30
Hosts:
Polydactylus indicus (1)

Dist.: Khulna, Bay of Bengal
Records: 1. Khan and Yaseen 1969 (Khulna); 2.
Ahmed and Rahman 1976 (Bay of Bengal), 3.
1977 (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: Soota (1983) listed this taxon as a
species inquirenda. He noted that the figure of
the tail of the adult male given by Khan and
Yaseen (1969) appears to be that of a juvenile
female. The finding of this parasite within the
body cavity of the host would also indicate that
the specimens of Khan and Yaseen (1969) were
probably larvae.
Porrocaecum sp. larva

(F)
Location: external wall of intestine
Host: Nandus nandus
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Nahida et al. 1994
Remarks: Adults of members of this genus are
intestinal parasites of birds, while larvae of
some species occur in fishes (see Moravec
1998).
Unidentified Ascaridoidea
Ascaridoidea gen. sp. larva

(F)
Includes: Ascaroid larva auctorum
Ascaridoid larva auctorum
Location: stomach, intestine, liver, body cavity
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Akhtar et al. 1989 (Dhaka)68, 2.
1990 (Dhaka), 3. 1992 (Dhaka); 4. Khanum and
Begum 1992 (Dhaka); 5. Khanum et al. 1992 (), 6. 1994 (Dhaka)
SUPERFAMILY COSMOCERCOIDEA
FAMILY KATHLANIIDAE
Falcaustra brevicaudatum (Khan and

(F)
Yaseen, 1969) Soota, 1983
Syn.: Kathlania brevicaudatum Khan
and Yaseen, 1969

Location: intestine
Dist.: Sylhet
Records:
Khan and Yaseen 1969 (Sylhet);
SUPERFAMILY SEURATOIDEA
FAMILY CUCULLANIDAE
Cucullanus dogieli Krotas, 1959

(F)
Location: intestine
Host: Chanda nama
Dist.: Sylhet
from a cyprinoid fish from the USSR (see Soota
1983) and has been reported from a wide variety
of cyprinid fishes from the basins of the Baltic,
Black and Azov seas (see Bauer 1987).
Cucullanus pangasius Soota and

(F)
Chaturvedi, 1971
Location: intestine
Host: Pangasius pangasius
Dist.: Bangladesh
Record: Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: Soota (1983) noted the close similarity
of this species to Cucullanus ritai Karve, 1952
and suggested that they may be conspecific.
Cucullanus sp.
(F,M)
Syn.: Indocucullanus sp.
Location: stomach, intestine, body cavity
Hosts:
Mystus cavasius (1,5,6)
Rita rita (6)
fish (4)
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed and Rahman 1976 (Bay of
of Bengal)69; 5. Ahmed 1981 (-); 6. Ahmed and
Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: Although Ahmed and Rahman (1977)
reported larval Cucullanus sp. from the stomach
69
68
Ahktar et al. (1989), in their Table 3, also referred to these

nematodes as immature Ascaris and as "Ascaridian larva."
Ahmed and Rahman (1979) examined Psettodes erumei and

Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (sy n. of C. arel), but did not
indicate to which host this record pertains.
31
of Psettodes erumei, it is probable that these

were actually immature adults.
The synonymy follows Chabaud (1978).
Dichelyne (Cucullanellus) sp.

(F)
Syn.: Cucullanellus sp.
Location: intestine
Hosts: Rita rita (1,2)
fish (3)
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed 1981 (-); 3. Islam 1982
(Sylhet)
Remarks: The synonymy follows Chabaud
(1978).
FAMILY Q UIMPERIIDAE
Buckleynema sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Hosts: Mystus cavasius (1,4)
M. vittatus (2)
fish (3)
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed 1981 (-); 3. Islam 1982
(Sylhet); 4. Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Paragendria bagarii (Karve, 1941)

(F)
Soota, 1983
Syn.: Metaquimperia bagarii Karve, 1941
Location: stomach, intestine, body cavity,
swimbladder
Host: Xenentodon cancila
Dist: Dhaka
Records: Akhtar et al. 1989 (Dhaka), 1990
(Dhaka)
Remarks:
Chaubaud
(1978)
regarded
Metaquimperia Karve, 1941 as a synonym of
Paragendria Baylis, 1939.
Paragendria wallagonia (Sood, 1968)

(F)
Sood, 1989
Syn.: Metaquimperia madhuai Sood, 1973
Location: intestine
Dist: Dhaka
Record: Akther et al. 1997
Remarks: The synonymy follows Sood (1989).
Soota
(1983)
considered
Paragendria
wallagonia a synonym of P. macronis
(Stewart, 1914) and P. madhuai, a distinct
species.
Paragendria sp.
(F)
Host: Sperata aor
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Paraquimperia sp. larva

(M)
Location: body cavity, outer wall of intestine
Hosts: Cynoglossus arel (1,2)
Polydactylus sextarius (3)
Bengal), 2. 1977 (Bay of Bengal); 3. Ahmed et
al. 1986 (Bay of Bengal)
Pingus aori Khan and Yaseen, 1969

(F)
species inquirenda
Location: intestine
Host: Sperata aor
Dist.: Sylhet
Records: Khan and Yaseen 1969 (Sylhet); Ahmed
and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: Soota (1983) noted that this is an
inadequately described species. Dr. F. Moravec
(pers. comm.) regards it as a species inquirenda.
Quimperia sp. larva

(M)
Location: liver, body cavity
Hosts: Sardinella fimbriata
Upeneus sulphureus
Quimperiidae gen. sp. larva

(F,M)
Includes: Quimperiidean larvae auctorum
Location: body cavity, viscera, muscle,
stomach, intestine
C. striata (8)
Chirocentrus nudus (1)
Clarias batrachus (2,3,4,9,11,12,13)
Heteropneustes fossilis (2,3,4,9,10,14)
32
Psettodes erumei (5,6,7)

Trichiurus lepturus (1)
Sylhet, Bay of Bengal
2. Ahmed and Sanaullah 1976 (-)70, 3. 1977a
(Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Sylhet), 4.
1977b (-)71; 5. Ahmed and Rahman 1976 (Bay
of Bengal), 6. 1977 (Bay of Bengal), 7. 1979
(Bay of Bengal); 8. Ahmed and Begum 1978
(Barisal, Dhaka); 9. Sanaullah and Ahmed 1978
(-)72; 10. Islam et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 11. Rashid
et al. 1983 (Dhaka); 12. Rashid and Haque
1984a (Dhaka); 13. Rashid 1990 (Dhaka); 14.
Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 2. Hossain et al. 1978

(Dhaka); 3. Ahmed 1981 (-); 4. Chowdhury et
al. 1983 (Dhaka), 5. 1990 (Dhaka); 6. Hussain
and Ali 1986 (Dhaka); 7. Chandra 1992a
(Dhaka), 8. 1993b (Dhaka); 9. Akther et al.
1997 (Dhaka); 10. Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: Members of the family Ascaridiidae
(which contains a single genus, Ascaridia) are
parasites of birds and, rarely, mammals (see
Chabaud 1978). There exists considerable
confusion
among
Bangladeshi
workers
concerning the use of the terms "ascarididean,"
"ascaridian" or "Ascaridia sp." and "ascaridoid"
or "ascaroid." Some or all of the above records
may involve misidentification of ascaridoid
nematodes, as the adults and/or larvae of a
number of genera of this superfamily (e.g.,
Anisakis, Contracaecum, Hysterothylacium,
Pseudoterranova, Raphidascaris) are frequently
encountered in marine and freshwater fishes.
Unidentified Ascaridida
Ascaridida gen. sp. larva

(F,M)
Includes: Ascarididean larva auctorum
Ascaridian larva auctorum
Location:
stomach, intestine, body cavity,
viscera
Hosts: Aetobatus narinari (1)
Anabas testudineus (9)
Bagarius bagarius (1,3,10)
Chirocentrus nudus (1)
Eusphyra blochii (1)
Harpadon neherius (1)
Johnius borneensis (1)
Mystus tengara (5)
M. vittatus (1,3,10)
Nandus nandus (1,3,4)
O. pabda (1,3,6,7,8)
Scoliodon laticaudus (1)
Scomberomorus guttatus (1)
Sperata aor (8)
Tachysurus sp. (1)
Dist.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet?, Bay of
Bengal
Records: 1. Bashirullah 1973a (Bay of Bengal,
70

71
72
ORDER SPIRURIDA
SUPERFAMILY CAMALLANOIDEA
FAMILY CAMALLANIDAE 73
Camallanus (Zeylanema) anabantis
(F)
Pearse, 1933
Syn.: Zeylanema anabantis (Pearse, 1933)
Location: intestine
Ahmed and Begum 1978 (Barisal, Dhaka);
Ahmed 1981 (-); Akther et al. 1997 (Dhaka)
Camallanus atropusi Bashirullah and

(M)
Khan, 1973
Location: intestine
Host: Atropus atropos
Records: Bashirullah and Khan 1973 (Bay of
Remarks: The status of this taxon requires further
analysis. Considered a synonym of Camallanus
trichiuris Bashirullah and Rahman, 1972 by
Soota (1983), it was listed separately by Sood
73
The taxonomy of the camallanids of the South Asian Region

remains quite confused, and this group is in urgent need of
critical study . For a recent treatment of generic and
subgeneric structure of the family Camallanidae, see Moravec
(1998).
33
described from a freshwater cyprinid in Africa

(see Sood 1989), this report is likely to involve
a misidentification. A description, based on a
single male and a single female specimen, was
given by Khan and Yaseen (1969).
(1989).
Camallanus bispiculus Rajyalakshmi, Rao

(M)
and Shyamasundari, 1986
Location: intestine
Camallanus cotti Fujita, 1927

(F)
Location: intestine
Host: Polydactylus indicus
Dist.: Khulna
Remarks: Moravec and Sey (1988) considered the
above report, which was based on a single
female nematode from the Indian threadfin, a
marine species, to involve a misidentification.
Camallanus dollfusi Bashirullah and

(M)
Khan, 1973
Location: intestine
Hosts: Solea elongata (2)
Trichiurus lepturus (1,2)
Records: 1. Bashirullah and Khan 1973 (Bay of
Bengal); 2. Bashirullah 1973a (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: The status of this taxon requires further
analysis. Considered a synonym of Camallanus
trichiuris Bashirullah and Rahman, 1972 by
Soota (1983), it was listed separately by Sood
(1989).
Camallanus intestinalus Bashirullah, 1974

(F)
Location: intestine
Hosts: Channa punctata
C. striata
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Bashirullah 1974b
Camallanus kirandensis Baylis, 1928

(F)
Location: intestine
Host: sawfish
Dist.: Khulna
Remarks: Given that this species was originally
Camallanus (Zeylanema) magna (Khan

(M?)74
and Yaseen, 1969) Petter, 1979
Syn.: Zeylanema magna Khan and Yaseen,
1969
Location: intestine
Host: Macrognathus pancalus
Dist.: Khulna
Camallanus (Zeylanema) pearsei (Yeh, 1960)

(F)
Agrawal, 1967
Syn.: Zeylanema pearsei Yeh, 1960
Location: intestine
Hosts: Anabas testudineus (2,3,4,5)
Channa gachua (1,2,4)
Records: 1. Bashirullah 1970 (-), 2. 1973a
(Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 3. Ahmed and Begum
1978 (Barisal); 4. Ahmed 1981 (-); 5. Akther et
al. 1997 (Dhaka)
Camallanus trichiuris Bashirullah and

(M)
Rahman, 1972
Location: intestine
Host: Lepturacanthus savala
Records: Bashirullah and Rahman 1972 (Bay of
Remarks: Soota (1983) considered Camallanus
atropusi Bashirullah and Khan, 1973 and C.
dollfusi Bashirullah and Khan, 1973 as
synonyms of this species.
Camallanus truncatus (Rudolphi, 1814)

(M)
Trnquist, 1931
Location: stomach, intestine, body cavity,
intestinal surface
Host: Mystus tengara
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Chowdhury et al. 1990
74
Khan and Yaseen (1969) incorrectly noted that the host,

Mastacembelus pancalus (sy n. of Macrognathus pancalus) (the
barred spiney eel), is a marine fish; it is a freshwater species
that enters estuaries (see Froese and Pauly 2001).
34
Remarks: As Camallanus truncatus is a parasite

of freshwater fishes of Europe, it is likely that
this report from Bangladesh is based on a
misidentification.
Camallanus xenentodoni Khan and

(F)
Yaseen, 1969 species inquirenda
Location: intestine
Xenentodon cancila
Dist.: Khulna, Sylhet
Remarks: As the description is based on female
specimens only, the status of this species is
uncertain.
Camallanus sp. adult and larva

(F,M)
Syn.: Zeylanema sp.
Location: intestine
Chirocentrus dorab (1)
Puntius sophore (1,2)
Records: 1. Bashirullah 1973a (Bay of Bengal,
Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 2. Ahmed 1981 (-); 3.
Neocamallanus ophicephali (Pearse, 1933)

(F)
Moravec and Sey, 1988
Syn.: Camallanus adamsi Bashirullah, 197475
C. singhi (Ali, 1957)
Location: pyloric caeca, intestine
C. punctata (2,4,6)
C. striata (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
Dist.: Dhaka, Sylhet
Records: 1. Khan and Yaseen 1969 (Sylhet); 2.
Bashirullah 1973a (Dhaka &/or Sylhet), 3.
1974b (Dhaka); 4. Anon. 1974 (-); 5.
Bashirullah and Ahmed 1976a (Dhaka); 6.
Ahmed 1981 (-); 7. Rahman 1989 (-)
Remarks: The life cycle, which involves a
copepod intermediate host, was studied by
Bashirullah and Ahmed (1976a) and by De et
al.
(1984) (as Camallanus adamsi and
Neocamallanus singhi, respectively).
75

"Camallanus adamsia Bashirullah, 1973." This name was also
used by Ahmed (1981).
The synonymy follows Moravec and Sey

(1988).
Neocamallanus vachaii Wahid and

(F)
Perveen, 1969
Syn.: Camallanus vachaii (Wahid and
Perveen, 1969)76
Host: Eutropiichthys vacha
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Neocamallanus sp.
(F)
Location: pyloric caeca
Hosts: Channa marilius (1,2)
C. punctata (1,2)
C. striata (1,2)
Dist.: Bangladesh
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-); 2. Anon. 1974
(Chittagong)
Paracamallanus sweeti (Moorthy, 1937)

(F)
Campana-Rouget, 1961
Syn.: Camallanus sweeti Moorthy, 1937
Location: esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver
C. striata (1)
Dist: Bangladesh
Records: 1. Khanum et al. 1993 (-); 2. Khanum
and Parveen 1997 (-)
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) alii

(F)
Kalyankar, 1971
Syn.: Spirocamallanus alii (Kalyankar, 1971)77
S. mazabukae sensu Khan and Yaseen,
196978
Location: intestine
Hosts: Ompok bimaculatus (2,3)
Polydactylus indicus (1)
Dist.: Dhaka, Khulna
Records: 1. Khan and Yaseen 1969 (Khulna); 2.
76
The species name was misspelled "vachi" by Chandra

(1993b).
77
The species name misspelled allai by Ahmed and Ezaz
(1997).
78
The parasite species name was misspelled "mozabukae" by
Khan and Yaseen (1969).
35
Khanum et al. 1996 (Dhaka); 3. Ahmed and

Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks:
Petter
(1978)
considered
Spirocamallanus mazabukae sensu Khan and
Yaseen, 1969 referable to S. alii.

Hosts: Clarias batrachus (1,2,3,4,5,6,14)
Heteropneustes fossilis (1,2,3,7,8,9,10,
11,12,14)
O. pabda (13,14)
Records:
1.
Rahman
and
Ali
1968
(Chittagong)83; 2. Ali 1968 (-); 3. Anon. 1974
(Chittagong); 4. Rashid et al. 1983 (Dhaka); 5.
Rashid and Haque 1984a (Dhaka); 6. Rashid
1990 (Dhaka); 7. Zaman et al. 1992a (Dhaka);
8. Chandra 1992a (Dhaka), 9. 1993a (Dhaka),
10. 1993b (Dhaka), 11. 1994a (Dhaka); 12.
Chandra and Modak 1995 (Dhaka); 13. Khanum
et al. 1996 (Dhaka); 14. Ahmed and Ezaz 1997
(-)
Remarks:
Chandra and Modak (1995)
established experimental infections in copepods,
Diaptomus sp.
The synonymy follows Moravec and Sey
(1988).
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) berdii

(M)
(Khan and Yaseen, 1969) Bilqees, Khanum
and Jehan, 1971 species inquirenda
Syn.: Spirocamallanus berdii Khan and
Yaseen, 1969
Location: intestine
Host: Acanthopagrus berda
Dist.: Khulna
Remarks: The taxonomic status of this species
requires reassessment. Soota (1983) listed it as
a synonym of Onchocamallanus bagarii (Karve
and Naik, 1951) (syn. of Procamallanus
(Spirocamallanus) bagarii), however, Sood
(1989) considered the two species distinct. Dr.
F. Moravec (pers. comm.) regards it as a species
inquirenda.
Procamallanus (Procamallanus) cancilus

(F)
species inquirenda79
Location: intestine
Host: Xenentodon cancila
Ahmed 1981 (-)
Remarks: As noted by Soota (1983), as the
original description of this species was based
only on female specimens, its status is
uncertain.
Procamallanus
(Procamallanus)
(F)
Ali, 1957
Syn.: Procamallanus heteropneustus
Ali, 195780,81
Spirocamallanus heteropneustus
(Ali, 1957)82
79
clarius

"Procamallanus cancilis Bashirullah, 1973" (as "Procamallanus
cancilus Bashirullah and Hafizuddin, 1973").
80
The species name was misspelled "heteropneustes" by
Ahmed and Ezaz (1997).
81
In an apparent lapsus for Procamallanus heteropneustus, the
combination Camallanus heteropneustus" appears in the
abstract accompany ing the paper by Zaman et al. (1992a).
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) mysti

(F)
Karve, 1952
Syn.: Spirocamallanus mysti (Karve, 1952)
S. inglisi Bashirullah and Hafizuddin,
1973
S. intestinecolas Bashirullah, 1974
S. notopteri Bashirullah and Hafizuddin,
1973
S. olseni Bashirullah, 1973 [nec S. olseni
Campana-Rouget and Razarihelissoa,
1965]84
S. singhi (Ali, 1957)
S. timmi Bashirullah, 1973
S. viviparus (Ali, 1957)
Procamallanus bengalensis Akram,
197585
Location: stomach, intestine, liver [?]
Hosts: Channa striata (1,2,8)
Clarias batrachus (5,6,7)
Eutropiichthys murius (3)
82
Ahmed and Ezaz (1997), in an apparent error, listed a

record from Ompok bimaculatus as S. heteropneustes [sic].
83
The record of Rahman and Ali (1968) involves a tentative
parasite identification.
84
The species name was misspelled olsenia by Bashirullah
(1973a), Ahmed and Sanaullah (1976, 1977a), Ahmed (1981),
Islam et al. (1982), Chowdhury et al. (1990) and Ahmed and
Ezaz (1997).
85
This name was created by Akram (1975) for Procamalanus
olseni Bashirullah, 1973. Akram (1975) was unaware that
Bashirullah (1974), recognizing that the specific epithet olseni
was preoccupied in the genus Procamallanus, had already
changed it to intestinecolas.
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Heteropneustes fossilis (2,5,6,7,9,12)

Mystus cavasius (2,12)
M. tengara (10)
M. vittatus (1,2,4,8,12)
Notopterus notopterus (1,3,8)
O. pabda (11,12)
fish (6)
Dist.: Dhaka, Rajshahi, Sylhet
Sylhet), 2. 1973b (Dhaka, Sylhet); 3.
Bashirullah and Hafizuddin 1973 (Dhaka); 4.
Bashirullah and Ahmed 1976b (Dhaka); 5.
Ahmed and Sanaullah 1976 (-)86, 6. 1977a
(Dhaka, Rajshahi) 87; 7. Sanaullah and Ahmed
1978 (Dhaka, Rajshahi)88; 8. Ahmed 1981 (-);
9. Islam et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 10. Chowdhury et
al. 1990 (Dhaka); 11. Khanum et al. 1996
(Dhaka); 12. Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks: The synonymy follows De et al.
(1986), who provided a redescription of this
species.
The life cycle was studied (under the
synonym Spirocamallanus intestinecolas) by
Bashirullah and Ahmed (1976b), who
established
experimental
infections
that
developed to third-stage larvae in the copepods
Mesocyclops leuckarti and Thermocyclops
crassus by exposing them to first-stage larvae
released from adult worms obtained from
Mystus, and by De (1995) (under the synonym
S. mysti), who sucessfully infected the fish
Mystus vittatus via expermental transmission of
third-stage larvae in experimentally infected
copepods.
Following De and Moravec (1980),
Procamallanus viviparus of Khan and Yaseen,
1969
is
tentatively
referred
to
P.
spiculogubernaculus Agarwal, 1958.
Procamallanus (Procamallanus)
(F)
spiculogubernaculus Agarwal, 1958
Syn.: Procamallanus daccai Gupta, 1959
P. sprenti Bashirullah and Hafizuddin,
1974
?P. viviparus of Khan and Yaseen, 1969
86

87
The record of Ahmed and Sanaullah (1977a) from an
unidentified fish from Dhaka is based on the unpublished thesis
of A.K.M. Hafizuddin.
88
Sanaullah and Ahmed (1978) noted that this nematode (as
Spirocamallanus intestinecolas) was found only in fishes from
Dhaka and Bogra (Rajshahi), but did not indicate if it occurred
in both hosts at each locality .

Mystus tengara (6)
Wallago attu (7)
catfish (1)
Records: 1. Gupta 1959 (Dhaka); 2. Khan and
Yaseen 1969 (Dhaka); 3. Bashirullah 1973a
(Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 4. Bashirullah and
Hafizuddin 1974 (Dhaka); 5. Ahmed 1981 (-);
6. Chowdhury et al. 1990 (Dhaka); 7. Ahmed
and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Remarks:
The synonymy follows De and
Moravec (1980).
Bashirullah (1973a) created a nomen
nudum,
Procamallanus
bangladeshi
Bashirullah, 1973, by reporting, without
description,
"Procamallanus
bangladeshi
Bashirullah & Hafizuddin, 1973" as a parasite of
H. fossilis.
The same material was later
apparently described as P. sprenti by
Bashirullah and Hafizuddin (1974) (see De and
Moravec 1980).
According to De and Moravec (1980),
since the specimens reported as Procamallanus
viviparus by Khan and Yaseen (1969) possess a
smooth
buccal
capsule,
without
any
thickenings, they probably belong to P.
spiculogubernaculus.
Procamallanus (Procamallanus) sp.

(F)
Location: intestine, body cavity [?]
Eutropiichthys vacha (4,5)
catfish (7)
Dist.: Dhaka
Hossain et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 3. Huq et al. 1983
(Dhaka); 4. Chandra 1992a (Dhaka), 5. 1993b
(Dhaka); 6. Banu et al. 1993 (Dhaka); 7.
Ahmed 1996 (-)
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) sp.

(F,M)
Syn.: Spirocamallanus sp.
Hosts: Clarias batrachus (11,12,15)
Cynoglossus arel (2,3)
Dussumieria acuta (13)
Eutropiichthys murius (1,8,16)
Heteropneustes fossilis (1,5,6,7,8)
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Mystus cavasius (1,8)

M. tengara (14)
catfish (9)
fish (4,10)89
Dist.: Dhaka, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Bay of Bengal
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed and Rahman 1976 (Bay of
of Bengal); 5. Ahmed and Sanaullah 1976 (-)90,
6. 1977a (Rajshahi); 7. Sanaullah and Ahmed
1978 (Rajshahi)91; 8. Ahmed 1981 (-), 9. 1996
(-); 10. Islam 1982 (Sylhet); 11. Rashid et al.
1983 (Dhaka); 12. Rashid and Haque 1984a
(Dhaka); 13. Ahmed et al. 1986 (Bay of
Bengal); 14. Chowdhury et al. 1990 (Dhaka);
15. Rashid 1990 (Dhaka); 16. Ahmed and Ezaz
1997 (-)
SUPERFAMILY GNATHOSTOMATOIDEA
FAMILY GNATHOSTOMATIDAE
Echinocephalus sp.
(F?)
Location: intestine
Clarius batrachus (1,2)
Dist.: Bangladesh
Records: Ali 1968 (-); 2. Anon. 1974 (-)
Remarks: Members of the genus Echinocephalus
are parasites of elasmobranchs. The above
records from freshwater fishes of Bangladesh are
likely based on misidentifications.

O. pabda (10,12)
Wallago attu (1,2,4,6,12)
catfish (7)
fish (8,10)
Records: 1. Bashirullah 1972b (Dhaka), 2. 1973a
(Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 3. Ahmed and Sanaullah
1976 (-)92, 4. 1977a (Chittagong, Dhaka,
Sylhet)93; 5. Sanaullah and Ahmed 1978
(Chittagong, Dhaka)94; 6. Ahmed 1981 (-), 7.
1996 (-); 8. Islam 1982 (Sylhet); 9. Nahida et
al. 1994 (Dhaka); 10. Khanum et al. 1996
(Dhaka); 11. Akther et al. 1997 (Dhaka); 12.
Remarks: The life cycle was summarized by
Moravec (1998). Definitive hosts are typically
piscivorous mammals (mainly felids, canids and
mustelids), including domestic dogs and cats,
in which the adult parasite occurs in swellings
of the stomach. Intermediate hosts include
various species of freshwater copepods, where
development to third-stage larvae occurs. Fish,
amphibians and other animals that ingest
infected copepods may become paratenic hosts,
the larvae becoming encapsulated in the
musculature and visceral organs.
This
nematode is the cause of gnathostomosis, a
serious disease of man.
SUPERFAMILY PHYSALOPTEROIDEA
FAMILY PHYSALOPTERIDAE
Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1836 larva

(F)
Location: stomach, intestine, viscera,
body cavity, muscles
Channa striata (1,2,6)
Clarias batrachus (1,3,4,5,12)
Heteropneustes fossilis (1,3,4,5,12)
Mystus microphthalmus (1,2,4,6,12)
Nandus nandus (9)
Heliconema brevispiculum Baylis, 1934

(F)
Location: stomach
Dist.: Rajshahi
from a marine eel (Muraenesox cinereus) from
Australia (see Sood 1989); its presence in a
freshwater fish in Bangladesh requires
confirmation. Khan and Yaseen (1969) provided
89
92
Ahmed and Rahman (1979) examined Psettodes erumei and

Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (sy n. of C. arel), but did not
indicate to which host this record applies.
90
91
The listing of Spirocamallanus sp. from Clarias batrachus in
Table 1 of Sanaullah and Ahmed (1978) is apparently an
error, as these authors later indicated that only Heteropneustes
fossilis was infected.

localities for individual hosts or parasites.
93
The records of Ahmed and Sanaullah (1977a) for Mystus
microphthalmus and Wallago attu are based on the unpublished
thesis of M.A. Islam, and are from Sy lhet.
94
Sanaullah and Ahmed (1978) noted that Gnathostoma
spinigerum was found only from the My mensingh and
Noakhali study areas, but did not indicate if both hosts were
infected in both areas.
38
a description of their material, which comprised

only three female specimens.
Proleptus inflatus (von Linstow, 1890)

(F)
Baylis, 1933
Location: stomach
Dist.: Sylhet
from a shark (Scyllium immoratum), locality
unknown (see Soota 1983). Its occurence in a
freshwater fish of Bangladesh seems unlikely. A
description was provided by Khan and Yaseen
(1969).
SUPERFAMILY HABRONEMATOIDEA
FAMILY CYSTIDICOLIDAE
Pseudoproleptus vestibulus Khera, 1953

(F)
Location: esophagus, stomach, intestine
Dist: Bangladesh
Spinitectus indicus Verma and Agarwal, 1932 (F)

Location: intestine
Hosts: Clupisoma garua (2)
Wallago attu (1)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Khan and Yaseen 1969 (Dhaka); 2.
Chandra 1993b (Dhaka)
Remarks: This species was redescribed by Khan
and Yaseen (1969).
Rhabdochona magna Khan and Yaseen, 1969 (F)

species inquirenda
Location: intestine
Host: Rita rita
Dist.: Chittagong
Records: Khan and Yaseen 1969 (Chittagong);
Remarks: Due to the inadquate description based
on four female nematodes, Moravec (1975) and
Soota (1983) regarded this taxon as a species
inquirenda. A redescription by Zaidi and Khan
(1975), based only on female specimens taken
from the same host in Pakistan, has added little
new information.
Unidentified Nematoda
Nematoda gen. sp.

(F)
Location: stomach?, intestine, body cavity
C. striata (1,2)
Clupisoma garua (1)
Clarias batrachus (6,8)
Colisa fasciatus (3)
Mystus tengara (2,4)
Ompok bimaculatus (8)
O. pabda (5)
catfish (7)
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-); 2. Anon. 1974
(Chittagong), 3. 1993 (Rajshahi); 4. Hassan et
al. 1982 (Dhaka); 5. Ali et al. 1983 (Dhaka); 6.
Rashid and Haque 1984b (Dhaka); 7. Chandra
1994b (Dhaka)95; 8. Ahmed 1996 (-)
PHYLUM ACANTHOCEPHALA
CLASS PALAEACANTHOCEPHALA
SUPERFAMILY THELAZIOIDEA
ORDER ECHINORHYNCHIDA
FAMILY RHABDOCHONIDAE
FAMILY ARHYTHMACANTHIDAE
Rhabdochona bagarii Gupta and

(F)
Srivastava, 1982
Location: intestine
Host: Bagarius bagarius
Dist.: Bangladesh
Heterosentis plotosi Yamaguti, 1935

(B)
Location: intestine
Host: Plotosus canius
Dist.: Barisal
95

catfishes, but did not indicate to which host(s) his record
pertains.
39
Records: Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal); Ahmed

1981 (Barisal); Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
FAMILY ECHINORHYNCHIDAE
Echinorhynchus kushiroensis Fujita, 192196
(F)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Khanum et al. 1992 (-), 1994 (Dhaka)
FAMILY HETERACANTHOCEPHALIDAE
Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889)

(M)
Van Cleave, 1923
Syn.: Serrasentis socialis (Leidy, 1851)
Location: intestine
CLASS EOACANTHOCEPHALA
ORDER GYRACANTHOCEPHALA
FAMILY Q UADRIGYRIDAE
Sachalinorhynchus sp.
(F)
Location: intestine
Host: Labeo rohita
Dist.: Dhaka
Ahmed 1981 (Dhaka)
FAMILY HYPOECHINORHYNCHIDAE
Hypoechinorhynchus sp.
(B)
Location: intestine
Host: Mystus gulio
Dist.: Barisal
Records: Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal); Ahmed
1981 (Barisal); Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 (-)
Acanthogyrus
(Acanthogyrus)
acanthogyrus
(F)
Thapar, 1927
Location: intestine
Host: Catla catla
Dist.: Dhaka
Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Dhaka); Ahmed 1981
(Dhaka)
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) dattai

(F)
(Podder, 1938) Dollfus and Golvan, 1956
Syn: Acanthosentis dattai Podder, 1938
Location: intestine
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Dhaka); Ahmed
1981 (Dhaka)
FAMILY RHADINORHYNCHIDAE
Cleaveius secundus (Tripathi, 1959)

(B)
Golvan, 1969
Syn.: Mehrarhynchus secundus Tripathi,
195997
Location: intestine
Hosts: Arius gagora
Dist.: Barisal
Records:
Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal);
Ahmed 1981 (Barisal); Ahmed and Ezaz 1997 ()
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) indicus

(F)
(Tripathi, 1959) Chubb, 1982
Syn.: Acanthosentis indicus Tripathi, 1959
Location: intestine
Host: Setipinna phasa
Records: Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka);
Ahmed 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka)
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tilapiae

(F)
(Baylis, 1948) Dollfus and Golvan, 1956
96
The parasite species name was misspelled "kushiroense" by

Khanum et al. (1992, 1994), and also as "kushiroence" in
Tables 1-3 of Khanum et al. (1994).
97
The parasite species name was misspelled "secundum" by
all Bangladeshi authors.
98

Division.
40
Syn.: Acanthosentis tilapiae Baylis, 1948

Location: intestine
Dist.: Barisal
Records: 1. Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal); 2.
Ahmed 1981 (Barisal); 3. Ahmed and Ezaz
1997 (-)
Acanthogyrus sp.
(F)
Syn.: Acanthosentis sp.
Location: intestine
Hosts: Clarias batrachus (2,3,4)
Eutropiichthys murius (1,3,5)
Dist.: Dhaka, Sylhet?, Rajshahi
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed and Sanaullah 1976 (-)99, 3.
1977a (Dhaka, Rajshahi)100; 4. Sanaullah and
Ahmed 1978 (Rajshahi); 5. Ahmed and Ezaz
1997 (-)
Pallisentis (Brevitritospinus) allahabadii

(F)
Agarwal, 1958
Location: intestine, liver, mesenteries
Records: Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka);
Ahmed 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka)
Remarks: There are many reports of Pallisentis
spp. occurring free and encapsulated in the
viscera and body cavity, indicating that
members of this genus frequently use fish as
paratenic hosts.
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) gaboes

(F)
(MacCallum, 1918) Van Cleave, 1928
Location: intestine, body cavity, mesenteries
Hosts: Channa striata (1,2,3)
O. pabda (5,6,7)
99

100
The record of of Acanthosentis sp. in Clupisoma muris (sy n.
of Eutropiichthys murius) from Dhaka given by Ahmed and
Sanaullah (1977a) was based on the unpublished thesis of
A.K.M. Hafizuddin.
Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka); 3.

Ahmed 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka); 4. Khanum et
al. 1992 (-), 5. 1994 (Dhaka), 6. 1996 Dhaka);
paratenic hosts.
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) garuai (Sahay, Sinha

(F)
and Gosh, 1971) Jain and Gupta, 1979
Syn.: Devendrosentis garuai Sahay, Sinha
and Gosh, 1971
Location: stomach [?], intestine
Hosts: Clupisoma garua (1,2,3)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Dhaka); 2.
Ahmed 1981 (Dhaka); 3. Ahmed and Ezaz 1997
(-)
Remarks: The synonomy follows Amin et al.
(2000).
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) nagpurensis

(F)
(Bhalerao, 1931) Baylis, 1933
Location: intestine
C. punctata (1)
C. striata (1,2,3,4)
Sylhet); 2. Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal,
Dhaka); 3. Ahmed 1981 (Barisal, Dhaka); 4.
Khanum et al. 1993 (-)
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) nandai Sarker, 1953101
(F)
Location: stomach [?], intestine; viscera
Nandus nandus (1,2,3,4,5,6,9)
Dist.: Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet?
Records: 1. Rahman and Ali 1967 (Chittagong);
2. Bashirullah 1973a (Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 3.
Anon. 1974 (-); 4. Ahmed and Rouf 1981
(Barisal, Dhaka); 5. Ahmed 1981 (Barisal,
Dhaka); 6. Chowdhury et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 7.
Khanum et al. 1992 (-), 8. 1994 (Dhaka); 9.
Nahida et al. 1994 (Dhaka)
101
The parasite species name was misspelled nandi by

Rahman and Ali (1967) and Chowdhury et al. (1982).
41

paratenic hosts.
Pallisentis
(Demidueterospinus) ophiocephali
(F)
(Thapar, 1931) Baylis, 1933102
Location: stomach, intestine, viscera, muscle [?]
C. punctata (2,3,4,5)
C. striata (1,2,9)
Nandus nandus (7,8)
Ompok pabda (6)
Records: 1. Rahman and Ali 1967 (-); 2. Anon.
1974 (-); 3. Hossain et al. 1982 (Dhaka); 4.
Huq et al. 1983 (Dhaka); 5. Chandra 1985a
(Dhaka); 6. Hussain and Ali 1986 (Dhaka); 7.
Chandra and Golder 1987 (Chittagong); 8.
Golder et al. 1987 (Chittagong); 9. Rahman
1989 (-); 10. Akhtar et al. 1989 (Dhaka), 11.
1990 (Dhaka)
Remarks: This acanthocephalan has also been
reported from frogs (Rana tigrina) by Chandra
and Rahman (1988) and Chandra et al. (1990).
There are many reports of Pallisentis spp.
occurring free and encapsulated in the viscera
and body cavity, indicating that members of
this genus frequently use fish as paratenic hosts.
Pallisentis sp.
(F)
Location: intestine, body cavity, viscera
Hosts: Channa gachua (2)
C. marulius (1,3)
C. punctata (3)
C. striata (1,3,6)
Colisa fasciatus (8,9)
Cyprinus carpio (10)
Mystus vittatus (2)
Nandus nandus (1)
Otolithoides pama (1)
Tenualosa ilisha (1)
Sylhet?
(Dhaka &/or Sylhet); 3. Anon. 1974
102
The parasite species name was misspelled "ophicephali" by

Rahman and Ali (1967), Anon. (1974), Rahman (1989) and
Akhtar et al. (1989, 1990).
(Chittagong); 4. Ahmed and Sanaullah 1976

(-)103, 5. 1977a (Rajshahi); 6. Ahmed and
Begum 1978 (Barisal, Dhaka); 7. Sanaullah and
Ahmed 1978 (Rajshahi); 8. Ahmed and Rouf
1981 (Dhaka); 9. Ahmed 1981 (Dhaka); 10.
Banu et al. 1993 (Dhaka)
paratenic hosts.
ORDER NEOECHINORHYNCHIDA
FAMILY NEOECHINORHYNCHIDAE
Neoechinorhynchus aminulhaquei
(F)
Chandra, 1983104
Location: intestine
Host: Mystus vittatus
Dist.: Dhaka
Neoechinorhynchus chilkaensis Podder,

(F)
Location: intestine
Host: Mugil cephalus
1937
Neoechinorhynchus topseyi Podder, 1937

(F)
Location: intestine
Hosts: Polynemus paradiseus
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Dhaka); Ahmed
1981 (Dhaka)
Remarks: The host is a marine and brackish
water species that frequently enters fresh water
during the breeding season (see Froese and
Pauly 2001).
103

104
The species name was originally spelled aminul-haquei.
However, as the use of a hy phen in a species name in this
context is not permitted (see International Code of Zoological
Nomenclature, Article 31 (d)(vi)), it has been corrected.
105
Estuarine fishes examined by Chandra (1992a,1993b) were
Division.
42
occurrence in South Asia requires confirmation.

Neoechinorhynchus sp.
(F)
Location: intestine, viscera
Hosts: Cynoglossus lingua (2,3)
Eleutheronema tetradactylum (2,3)
Mystus tengara (6)
Nandus nandus (4,5)
Sardinella fimbriata (1)
Dist.: Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Bay of Bengal
2. Ahmed and Rouf 1981 (Barisal); 3. Ahmed
1981 (Barisal); 4. Chandra and Golder 1987
(Chittagong); 5. Golder et al. 1987
(Chittagong); 6. Chowdhury et al. 1990
(Dhaka)
Remarks: Although reported from a number of
hosts collected in estuarine or marine coastal
waters,
members
of
the
genus
Neoechinorhynchus complete their life cycles in
fresh water.
Unidentified Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala gen. sp.

(F)
Location: intestine
Ompok bimaculatus (3)
O. pabda (2)
Dist: Chittagong, Dhaka
Records: 1. Anon. 1974 (Chittagong); 2. Ali et
al. 1983 (Dhaka); 3. Ahmed 1996 (-)
PHYLUM ANNELIDA
CLASS HIRUDINEA
ORDER RHYNCHOBDELLIDA
ORDER GNATHOBDELLIDA
FAMILY PISCICOLIDAE
Piscicola sp.
(F)
Location: skin
Host: Clarias gariepinus
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Banu et al. 1993
Unidentified Hirudinea
Hirudinea gen. sp.

(F)
Includes: leeches
Location: [body surface]
Host: fish
Dist.: Chittagong
Records: Golder et al. 1983 (Chittagong)106;
Sanaullah 1993 (-)
PHYLUM ARTHROPODA
CLASS CRUSTACEA
SUBCLASS BRANCHIURA
ORDER ARGULOIDEA
FAMILY ARGULIDAE
Argulus bengalensis Ramakrishna, 1952
(F)
Location: external surface
Host: Eutropiichthys vacha
Dist.: Bangladesh
Record: Anon. 1974
FAMILY GLOSSIPHONIIDAE
Hemiclepsis marginata (O.F. Mller, 1774)

(F)
Vedjovsky, 1884
Location: skin
Labeo bata (2)
Dist: Chittagong
Records: 1. Anon. 1974 (-); 2. Sanaullah 1984
(Chittagong)
Remarks: According to McDonald and Margolis
(1995), this is a European species. Its
Argulus sp.
(F)
Includes: argulosis auctorum
Location: skin, fins, eyes, gills [?]
Hosts: Catla catla (1,2,3,4)
Channa striata (3,4)
Cirrhinus cirrhosus (3,4)
106
The record of Golder et al. (1983) is based on a fish farmer

survey .
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Labeo rohita (1,2,3,4)
Notopterus notopterus (2)
Ompok pabda (10)
Oreochromis mossambicus (2,3)
O. niloticus niloticus (8)
carp (4)
tilapia (4)
fish (9,11,12,13,14)
Dist.: Barisal, Chittagong
Records: 1. Rahman 1967 (Chittagong), 2. 1968
(Chittagong)107; 3. Ali 1968 (Chittagong); 4.
Anon. 1974 (Barisal, Chittagong); 5. Ahmed
and Sanaullah 1976 (-)108, 6. 1977a (Dhaka); 7.
Sanaullah and Ahmed 1978 (Dhaka); 8. Islam et
al. 1982 (Dhaka); 9. Golder et al. 1983
(Dhaka)109; 10. Hussain and Ali 1986 (Dhaka);
11. Sanaullah 1993 (-); 12. Ahmed 1993 (-);
13. Chowdhury 1993 (-); 14. Hossain 1993 (-);
15. Banu et al. 1993 (Dhaka)
Remarks: Rahman (1967, 1968) reported that fish
lice (Argulus) caused a mass mortality of major
carps in a small pond at the Fisheries Research
Institute in Chandpur in November 1964.
SUBCLASS ENTOMOSTRACA
Records: 1. Hossain et al. 1978 (Dhaka); 2.

Zaman and Akhtar 1990 (-)
Lernaea sp.
(F)
Includes: "learnaeasis"
Location: skin
Hosts: Ctenopharyngodon idellus (3)
fish (1,2)
Dist.: Dhaka
Records: 1. Sanaullah 1993 (-); 2. Chowdhury
1993 (-); 3. Banu et al. 1993 (Dhaka)
SUBORDER POECILOSTOMATOIDA
FAMILY ERGASILIDAE
Ergasilus sp.
(F)
Location: gills
Host: Cynoglossus arel
Bengal), 1977 (Bay of Bengal)
ORDER COPEPODA
SUBORDER SIPHONOSTOMATOIDEA
SUBORDER CYCLOPOIDA
FAMILY PENNELLIDAE
FAMILY LERNAEIDAE
Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758110
(F)
Location: skin, under accessory respiratory
organs, above gill clefts, liver,
abdomenal muscles
Puntius sophore (1)
Dist.: Dhaka
Lernaeocera sp. 111

(F)
Location: gills
Dist.: Rajshahi
Records: Ahmed and Sanaullah 1976 (-)112,
1977a (Rajshahi); Sanaullah and Ahmed 1978
(Rajashahi)
Remarks: As species of this genus are parasites of
marine fishes, this report is regarded as a
misidentification.
107
The records of Rahman (1968) for some hosts

(Oreochromis mossambicus, Notopterus notopterus, Colisa
fasciatus and Heteropneustes fossilis) involved experimental
exposure in an aquarium. Catla catla and Labeo rohita were
both naturally and experimentally infected.
108
109
In a fish farmer survey , Golder et al. (1983) noted
argulosis in a mixed population of "catla," "rui" and "mrigal,"
but did not indicate which hosts were infected.
110
The parasite species name was misspelled "cyprinacae"
by Hossain et al. (1978).
111
The generic name was misspelled "Larnaeocera" by all

authors.
112
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Bengal); 2. Ali et al. 1983 (Dhaka)
SUBCLASS MALACOSTRACA
ORDER ISOPODA
NOMINA NUDA
FAMILY CYMOTHOIDAE
Ichthyoxenus amurensis (Gertsfeld, 1858)

(F)
Herklots, 1870
Syn.: Livoneca amurensis Gerstfeld, 1858
Location: body cavity in region of pelvic fin
Host: Pseudeutropius atherinoides
Dist.: Dhaka
Record: Hossain et al. 1978
Remarks: The synonymy follows Kusakin
(1979).
Cymothoidae gen. sp.

(M)
Location: buccal cavity
Host: Psettodes erumei
Bengal), 1977 (Bay of Bengal)
Unidentified Isopoda
Isopoda gen. sp.

(F, M)
Location: skin, stomach
Hosts:
Catla catla (2)
Pseudeutropius atherinoides (1,2)
Tetraodon sp. (2)
Dist.: Chittagong
Records: 1. Ali 1968 (-); 2. Anon. 1974
(Chittagong)
Unidentified Crustacea
Crustacea gen. sp.

(M)
Location: skin
Hosts:
Ompok pabda (2)
fish (1)113
113
Ahmed and Rahman (1979) studied the parasites of

Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (sy n. of C. arel) and Psettodes
erumei, but did not indidate to which host this record petains.
The following names appear in the Bangladeshi

literature. However, because their authors provided
neither species descriptions nor differential
diagnoses, they are unrecognizable. These names
are unavailable and therefore, should not be used
(see the International Code of Zoological
Nomenclature, Article 13).
Digenea
Lecithochirium coxium Bashirullah, 1973114
Lecithochirium margolisi Bashirullah, 1973115
Lecithocladium daccai Bashirullah, 1973116
Monogenea
Allomonaxine atropoides Bashirullah, 1973117
Bicotyle bangladeshi Bashirullah, 1973118
Kuhnia pricei Bashirullah, 1973119
Loimos polytesticularis Bashirullah, 1973120
Pseudothoracocotyla coxbazari Bashirullah,
1973121
Nematoda
Camallanus gaboes Akhtar, Chowdhury,
Latifa and Nahar, 1989122
Camallanus gibsonia Bashirullah, 1973123
Camallanus zakeri Hafizuddin and Islam,
1991124
Indocucullanus gibsonia Islam, 1982125
114
This nomen nudum was used by Bashirullah (1973a) as

Lecithochirium coxium Bashirullah and D'Silva, 1973.
115
Lecithochirium margolisi Bashirullah & D'Silva, 1973.
116
Lecithocladium daccai Bashirullah and Hafizuddin, 1973.
117
"Allomonaxine atropoides Bashirullah and Khan, 1973."
118
"Bicotyle bangladeshi Bashirullah & Khan, 1973."
119
"Kuhnia pricei Bashirullah & Khan, 1973."
120
"Loimos polytesticularis Bashirullah & Khan, 1973."
121
"Pseudothoracocotyla coxbazari Bashirulla & Khan, 1973."
122
This name was reported as "Camallanus gaboes Pearse,
1933," by Akhtar et al. (1989) and as "Camallanus gaboes
Railliet and Henry , 1915" by Khanum et al. (1992,1994);
however, no species of camallanid nematode bearing this
specific epithet has ever been described.
123
This nomen nudum was created by Bashirullah (1973a).
124
Hafizuddin and Islam (1991), in a conference abstract,
named three new species of Nematoda, Camallanus zakeri,
Spirocamallanus kaptaiensis and S. karnaphuliensis; however,
these species were never described nor illustrated.
125
Islam (1982), in a conference abstract, named two new
species of
Nematoda, Procamallanus jalaliai and
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Procamallanus bangladeshi Bashirullah,

1973126
Procamallanus jalaliai Islam, 1982127
Spirocamallanus kaptaiensis Hafizuddin and
Islam, 1991128
Spirocamallanus karnaphuliensis Hafizuddin
and Islam, 1991129
Spirocamallanus murius Bashirullah, 1973130
Zeylanema bidigitalis Bashirullah, 1970131
Zeylanema tridensis Bashirullah, 1970132
Zeylanema yehia Bashirullah, 1970133
Indocucullanus gibsonia, however, these species were never

described nor illustrated.
126
Bashirullah (1973a) created a nomen nudum,
Procamallanus bangladeshi Bashirullah, 1973, by reporting,
without description, "Procamallanus bangladeshi Bashirullah &
Hafizuddin, 1973" as a parasite of Heteropneustes fossilis. The
same material was later apparently described as P. sprenti by
Bashirullah and Hafizuddin (1974) (see De and Moravec
1980).
127
Islam (1982), in a conference abstract, named two new
species of
Nematoda, Procamallanus jalaliai and
Indocucullanus gibsonia, however, these species were never
described nor illustrated.
128
these species were never described nor illustrated.
129
these species were never described or illustrated.
130
This species name was given without description, as
"Spirocamallanus murius Bashirullah and Hafizuddin, 1973," by
Bashirullah (1973a). Sood (1989) suggested that the record of
Bashirullah (1973a) might involve Procamallanus inglisi (a
sy nony m of P. (Spirocamallanus) mysti Karve, 1952).
131
This nomen nudum was created by Bashirullah (1970) in a
conference abstract.
132
133
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HOST-PARASITE LIST134
134
Records involving nomina nuda are not included in this list.
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CLASS ELASMOBRANCHII
ORDER CARCHARINIFORMES
FAMILY CARCHARINIDAE
Glyphis gangeticus (Mller

Ganges
shark
and Henle)
Syn.: Carcharinus gangeticus (Mller
and Henle)
Status: native
Environment: marine, brackish
Cestoda
Disculiceps pileatum (Khulna)
Poecilancistrum ilisha (Khulna)
Remarks: This species is considered to be
critically endangered. Although not listed in
Froese and Pauly (2001) as recorded in
Bangladesh, it is noted to occur in the GangesHooghly river system.
Scoliodon laticaudus Mller

spadenose
shark
and Henle
Syn.: Scoliodon sorrakowah (Bleeker)
Status: native
Nematoda
Ascaridida gen. sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: Although found on rocky substrates of
coastal waters and lower reaches of tropical
rivers, it is uncertain if this species can live in
fresh water for extended periods (Froese and
Pauly 2001).
FAMILY SPHYRNIDAE
Eusphyra blochii (Cuvier)

winghead
shark
Status: native
Nematoda
?Pseudanisakis sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Terranova sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
ORDER RAJIFORMES
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen)

spotted eagle
ray
Status: native
Environment: marine
Nematoda
Remarks: This species sometimes enters
estuaries; it is not listed as reported for
Bangladesh by Froese and Pauly (2001).
CLASS ACTINOPTERYGII
ORDER OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES
FAMILY NOTOPTERIDAE
Notopterus notopterus (Pallas)

bronze
featherback
Status: native
foli
Environment: fresh water
Digenea
Pleurogenoides notopteri (Dhaka,
Sylhet?)
Nematoda
(Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (Chittagong)
ORDER CLUPEIFORMES
FAMILY CHIROCENTRIDAE
Chirocentrus dorab (Forrskl)

dorab wolfherring
Status: native
Digenea
Acanthocolpus liodorus (Bay of Bengal)
A. luehei (Bay of Bengal)
Monogenea
Megamicrocotyle chirocentrus (Bay of
Bengal)
Cestoda
Nybelinia sp. postlarva (Bay of Bengal)
Nematoda
Camallanus bispiculus (Bay of Bengal)
Camallanus sp. (Bay of Bengal)
FAMILY MYLIOBATIDAE
Chirocentrus nudus
whitefin
wolf-
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herring
Swainson
Status: native
Environment: marine
Nematoda
Quimperiidae gen. sp. larva (Bay of
Bengal)
FAMILY CLUPEIDAE
Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes rainbow sardine

Status: native
Environment: marine
Digenea
Aphanurus stossichi (Bay of Bengal)
?Hemiurus appendiculatus (Bay of Bengal)
Opisthadena sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Parahemiurus sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Nematoda
Paranisakis sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
(Bay
of Bengal)
Hilsa kelee (Cuvier)

kelee
shad
Syn.: Hilsa kanagurta
Status: native
Environment: marine, brackish, fresh water
Digenea
Faustula sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Raphidascaris sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)

Acanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchus sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton)

hilsa
shad
Syn.: Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton)
ilish,
jatka
Status: native
Digenea
Aphanurus stossichi (Chittagong, Bay of
Bengal)
Faustula brevichrus (Chittagong, Bay of
Bengal)
Lecithocladium harpodontis (Chittagong,
Bay of Bengal)
L. magnacetabulum (Bay of Bengal)
Digenea gen. sp. (-)
Cestoda
(Chittagong)
Gymnorhynchus sp. plerocercus (-)
Ilisha parthenogenetica plerocercoid
(Chittagong, Khulna)
Poecilancistrum ilisha plerocercus
(Khulna)
?Pterobothrium heteracanthum plerocercus
(Khulna?)
Cestoda gen. sp. (-)
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis sp. (-)
FAMILY ENGRAULIDAE
Ilisha filigera (Valenciennes)
Coromandel
ilisha
Status: native
Monogenea
?Choricotyle pagelli (Bay of Bengal)
Choricotyle sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Heterotyphlum sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: This species is reported to occur in
coastal waters and apparently enters estuaries; it
is not listed in Froese and Pauly (2001) as
having been reported from Bangladesh.
Sardinella fimbriata
fringescale sardinella
(Valenciennes)
Status: native
Environment: marine
Nematoda
Contracaecum sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
Quimperia sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
Setipinna phasa
Gangetic hairfin
anchovy
(Hamilton)
phasa
Status: native
Environment: fresh water, brackish
Acanthocephala
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) indicus
(Barisal, Dhaka)
Remarks: The occurrence of this anchovy in
Bangladesh was listed as questionable by
Froese and Pauly (2001). It is a riverine species,
but is also found in estuaries.
Thryssa hamiltonii (Gray)

Hamilton's
thryssa
Syn.: Thrissocles hamiltonii (Gray)
Status: native
Nematoda
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?Goezia ascaroides (Khulna)
ORDER CYPRINIFORMES
FAMILY CYPRINIDAE
Barbodes gonionotus (Bleeker)

Java
barb
Syn.: Puntius gonionotus
rajputi,
(Bleeker)
Thai
sharputi
Status: exotic
Myxozoa
Myxobolus sp. 135 (Rajshahi)
Remarks: Rahman (1989) noted that this species
was introduced to Bangladesh from Thailand in
1977.
Catla catla (Hamilton)

catla
Status: native
pla kra
ho
Protozoa
Chilodonella sp. (Dhaka)
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Dhaka)
Trichodina sp. (Dhaka)
Protozoa gen. sp. (-)
Myxozoa
Myxobolus sp. (Chittagong, Dhaka,
Rajshahi)
Myxobolidae gen. sp. (Chittagong)
Digenea
Neascus sp. metacercaria136 (Chittagong)
Monogenea
Dactylogyrus sp. (Dhaka)
Acanthocephala
Acanthogyrus (Acanthogyrus)
acanthogyrus (Dhaka)
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (Barisal, Chittagong)
Isopoda
Isopoda gen. sp. (Chittagong)
Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch)

mrigal
Syn.: Cirrhina mrigala (Hamilton)
mrigal
Status: native
135
136
Tentative parasite identification.


Protozoa
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (-)
Ichthyophthirius sp. (Dhaka)
Myxozoa
Myxobolus sp. (Chittagong, Dhaka)
Digenea
Monogenea
Branchiura
Ctenopharyngodon idellus
grass carp
(Valenciennes)
Status: exotic
Protozoa
Myxozoa
Myxobolus sp. (Dhaka)
Monogenea
Dactylogyrus sp. (-)
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (Dhaka)
Copepoda
Lernaea sp. (Dhaka)
Remarks:
The species name is frequently
mispelled "idella."
Grass carp was first
introduced into Bangladesh from Hongkong in
1966 (see Rahman 1989).
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus

common
carp
Status: exotic
Protozoa
Digenea
Digenea gen. sp. metacercaria (-)
Monogenea
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis sp. (Dhaka)
Remarks: Although common carp is not listed
by Froese and Pauly (2001) as occurring in
Bangladesh, Rahman (1989) noted that it was
introduced by the Department of Fisheries in
1960 and by fishfarmers at an unknown, earlier
date, from India.
137
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Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
silver
carp
(Valenciennes)
Status: exotic
Protozoa
Monogenea
Copepoda
Lernaea sp. (Dhaka)
Remarks: Froese and Pauly (2001) noted that
silver carp was introduced into Bangladesh from
Japan in 1969, while Rahman (1989) reported
that this species was first introduced to the
ponds of the Riverine Fisheries Research
Station at Chandur from Hongkong in the same
year.
Labeo bata (Hamilton)

bata
Status: native
bata
Hirudinea
?Hemiclepsis marginata (Chittagong)
Labeo rohita (Hamilton)

rohu
Status: native
rohu,
rui
Protozoa
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Dhaka)
Myxozoa
Myxobolus sp. (Chittagong, Dhaka)
Thelohanellus dogieli (Dhaka)
Digenea
Monogenea
Acanthocephala
Sachalinorhynchus sp. (Dhaka)
Branchiura
Puntius sarana (Hamilton)

olive
barb
Status: native
sarputi
Digenea
Macrolecithus sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Palaeorchis sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
138
Remarks: Froese and Pauly (2001) note that the

olive barb is found in rivers, streams, lakes and
beels and is tolerant of salinity.
Puntius sophore (Hamilton)

pool
barb
Syn.: Barbus sophore (Hamilton)
puti
Barbus stigma (Valenciennes)
Status: native
Digenea
Macrolecithus sp. (Barisal, Dhaka)
Opistholebes sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
?Steringotrema sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Digenea gen. sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Monogenea
Monogenea gen. sp. (-)
Nematoda
Camallanus sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Acanthocephala
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) dattai
(Dhaka)
Copepoda
Lernaea cyprinacea (Dhaka)
Puntius sp.
Status: unknown
Monogenea
Monogenea gen. sp. (-)
"Carp"
Status: unknown
Protozoa
Trichodina sp. (-)
Monogenea
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (Chittangong)
"Indian major carp"

Status: native
Monogenea
ORDER SILURIFORMES
FAMILY ARIIDAE
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Arius gagora (Hamilton)

gagora catfish
Syn.: Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton)
gagla
Status: native
Environment: fresh water, brackish, marine
Cestoda
Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum
plerocercus (Khulna?)
Acanthocephala
Cleaveius secundus (Barisal)
Remarks: Froese and Pauly (2001) note that this
catfish is found in estuaries and tidal rivers,
where it ascends beyond the tidal reach.
Tachysurus sp.
Status: native
Environment: marine
Nematoda
FAMILY BAGRIDAE
Mystus cavasius (Hamilton)

mystus
Status: native
tengra,
Gangetic
golsha, golsha-
kabashi-tengra
Digenea
Allocreadium handiai (Dhaka)
Isoparorchis hypselobagri (Dhaka)
Nematoda
Buckleynema sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Cucullanus sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
(Sylhet)
(Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Mystus gulio (Hamilton)

long whiskers catfish
Status: native
nuna-tengra
Acanthocephala
Hypoechinorhynchus sp. (Barisal)
Remarks: This catfish is primarily a brackishwater
species that enters and lives in fresh water
(Froese and Pauly 2001).
Mystus microphthalmus (Day)

mystus139
Status: native
139
Irwaddy
-
The common name is taken from Ahmed and Ezaz (1997).
Nematoda
Gnathostoma spinigerum larva (Dhaka,
Sylhet)
Remarks: Although Froese and Pauly (2001) do
not list this catfish as occurring in Bangladesh,
its distribution includes India, Myanmar and
Laos.
Mystus tengara (Hamilton)

Status: native
bajari-tengra
Digenea
Euclinostomum multicaecum metacercaria
(Dhaka)
Cestoda
Cestoda gen. sp. (Dhaka)
Nematoda
Ascaridida gen. sp. larva (Dhaka)
?Camallanus truncatus (Dhaka)
spiculogubernaculus (Dhaka)
P. (Spirocamallanus) mysti (Dhaka)
(Dhaka)
Nematoda gen. sp. (Dhaka)
Acanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchus sp. (Dhaka)
Mystus vittatus (Bloch)

striped
dwaft
catfish
Status: native
tengra
Digenea
Palaeorchis sp. (Barisal, Dhaka)
Nematoda
Ascaridida gen. sp. larva (Dhaka?,
Sylhet?)
Buckleynema sp. (-)
(Dhaka, Sylhet)
Acanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchus aminulhaquei (Dhaka)
Pallisentis sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Rita rita (Hamilton)

rita
Status: native
rita
Digenea
Opisthorchis sp. metacercaria (Dhaka?,
Sylhet?)
Phyllodistomum yosufzaii (Dhaka?,
Sylhet)
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Capingentoides batrachii143 (Chittagong,
Dhaka, Sylhet)
Caryophyllaeidea gen. sp. (-)
Djombangia penetrans (Barisal,
Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Sylhet)
?Gyrocotyle sp. (-)
Lytocestus birmanicus (Barisal, Dhaka)
L. indicus (Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka,
Rajshahi, Sylhet)
L. lativitellarium (-)
L. parvulus (Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka,
Rajshahi, Sylhet)
Lytocestus sp. (-)
?Monobothrioides sp. (Dhaka)
Pseudocaryophyllaeus indica (Barisal,
Dhaka)
Pseudolytocestus clariae (Barisal,
Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet)
Cestoda gen. sp. (Dhaka)
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp. adult and larva? (Dhaka)
Ascaridida gen. sp. larva (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Camallanus sp. larva (-)
?Echinocephalus sp. (-)
Gnathostoma spinigerum larva
(Chittagong, Dhaka)
Procamallanus (Procamallanus) clarius
(Dhaka)
P. (Spirocamallanus) mysti (Dhaka?,
Rajshahi)
P. (Procamallanus) spiculogubernaculus
(-)
(Dhaka)
(Dhaka)
Quimperiidae gen. sp. larva (Chittagong,
Dhaka, Rajshahi)
Acanthocephala
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tilapiae (-)
Acanthogyrus sp. (Rajshahi)
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) gaboes (-)
Pallisentis sp. (Dhaka, Rajshahi)
Acanthocephala gen. sp. (-)
Copepoda
Lernaea cyprinacea (-)
Hirudinea
Hemiclepsis marginata (-)
Nematoda
Contracaecum sp. larva (-)
Cucullanus sp. (-)
Dichelyne (Cucullanellus) sp. (Dhaka?,
Sylhet?)
Rhabdochona magna140 (Chittagong)
Sperata aor (Hamilton)

long-whiskered catfish
Syn.: Mystus aor (Hamilton)
ayre
Status: native
Digenea
Bucephalus mystusi (Dhaka)
Bucephalus sp. (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Coitocaecum sp. (Barisal, Dhaka)
Prosorhynchoides sp. (-)
Cestoda
?Caryophyllaeus sp. (Dhaka)
Nematoda
?Contracaecum aori larva141 (Sylhet)
Paragendria sp. (Dhaka)
Pingus aori 142(Sylhet)
FAMILY CLARIIDAE
Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus)

walking catfish
Status: native
magur
Protozoa
Myxozoa
Myxobolus sp. (Dhaka)
Digenea
Clinostomum complanatum metacercaria
(-)
Clinostomum sp. metacercaria (Dhaka)
Masenia dayali (-)
Orientocreadium batrachoides (Dhaka)
?Phyllodistomum folium (-)
Posthodiplostomum minimum metacercaria
(-)
Digenea gen. sp. (Dhaka)
Monogenea
?Dactylogyrus vastator (-)
Cestoda
Bovienia serialis (Barisal, Dhaka)
Bovienia sp. (Dhaka, Rajshahi)
140
141
142
Species inquirenda.
Species inquirenda.
Species inquirenda.
Clarias gariepinus
(Burchell)
Status: exotic
Protozoa
143
Species inquirenda.
North African catfish

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Hirudinea
Piscicola sp. (Dhaka)
Remarks: Although this catfish is not listed by
Froese and Pauly (2001) as occurring in
Bangladesh, it is known to have been
introduced from Thailand in 1989.
FAMILY HETEROPNEUSTIDAE
Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

stinging catfish
Status: native
shingi
Protozoa
Protozoa gen. sp. (-)
Digenea
A. mymensinghi (Dhaka)
Aphallus sp. (Dhaka)
Clinostomum complanatum metacercaria
(Dhaka)
Clinostomum sp. metacercaria (Dhaka)
(Dhaka)
Euclinostomum sp. metacercaria (Dhaka)
Eumasenia sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Genarchopsis bashiri (Dhaka)
Macrolecithus sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
?Macvicaria crassigula (Dhaka)
Neopecoelina saharanpuriensis (Barisal,
Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Neopecoelina sp.
(Barisal, Dhaka,
Sylhet?)
Opegaster beliyai (Dhaka)
Orientocreadium batrachoides (Dhaka)
Philopinna sp. (Dhaka)
Digenea gen. sp. (Chittagong)
Monogenea
Dactylogyrus sp. (Chittagong)
Cestoda
?Bialovarium sp. (Dhaka)
Caryophyllaeidea gen. sp. (Dhaka)
?Ligula intestinalis plerocercoid (Dhaka)
Lytocestus sp. (Barisal, Dhaka)
Pseudocaryophyllaeus heteropneustus
(Dhaka)
Pseudocaryophyllaeus sp. (Dhaka)
Cestoda gen. sp. (Chittagong)
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp. larva (Dhaka)
Ascaridoidea gen. sp. larva (Dhaka)
Contracaecum sp. larva (Chittagong)
Gnathostoma spinigerum larva
(Chittagong, Dhaka)

(Chittagong, Dhaka)
P. (Spirocamallanus) mysti (Dhaka,
Rajshahi, Sylhet)
(Dhaka)
(Dhaka)
(Dhaka?, Rajshahi, Sylhet?)
Quimperiidae gen. sp. larva (Chittagong,
Dhaka, Rajshahi, Sylhet)
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala gen. sp. (Chittagong)
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (Chittagong, Dhaka)
Copepoda
?Lernaeocera sp. (Rajshahi)
Remarks: The generic name has been variously
mispelled "Heteropnuestes," "Heteropneustus"
and "Heteropueustes" by Bangladeshi authors.
FAMILY PANGASIIDAE
Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton)

pangas catfish
Status: native
pangas
Digenea
Allocreadium sp. (Dhaka)
Cestoda
Cestoda gen. sp. (Chittagong)
Nematoda
Cucullanus pangasius (-)
Remarks: The pangas catfish is found in large
rivers and estuaries (Froese and Pauly 2001).
FAMILY PLOTOSIDAE
Plotosus canius Hamilton

gray eel-catfish
Status: native
gang
magur
Acanthocephala
Heterosentis plotosi (Barisal)
catfish, although found mostly in estuaries and
lagoons, is sometimes captured up rivers in
nearly fresh waters.
FAMILY SCHILBEIDAE
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Clupisoma garua (Hamilton)

garua bachcha
Status: native
ghaura
Digenea
Genarchopsis sp. (Dhaka)
Palaeorchis sp. (Dhaka)
Prosorhynchoides aspinosiensis (Dhaka,
Sylhet?)
Cestoda
Nematoda
Spinitectus indicus (Dhaka)
Nematoda gen. sp. (-)
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) garuai (Dhaka)
Eutropiichthys murius (Hamilton)

Syn.: Clupisoma murius (Hamilton)
muri
bacha
Status: native
Digenea
Prosorhynchoides clupisomius (Dhaka,
Sylhet?)
Prosorhynchoides sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Nematoda
(Dhaka)
(Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Acanthocephala
Acanthogyrus sp. (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Remarks: The generic name has often been
mispelled
"Eutropichthys" by Bangladeshi
authors.
Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton)

Status: native
bacha
Digenea
Palaeorchis sp. (Dhaka)
Phyllodistomum chauhani (Dhaka)
Cestoda
Nematoda
Neocamallanus vachaii (Dhaka)

(Dhaka)
Branchiura
Argulus bengalensis (-)
Remarks:
The generic name has often been
mispelled
"Eutropichthys" by Bangladeshi
authors.
Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch) Indian

potasi
Status: native
batasi
Isopoda
Ichthyoxenus amurensis (Dhaka)
Isopoda gen. sp. (-)
Remarks: This species inhabits fresh waters and
tidal rivers (Froese and Pauly 2001).
Bangladeshi authors have misspelled the genus
"Pseudotropeus"
and
"Pseudotropies,"
possibly confusing it with Pseudotropheus, a
valid genus within the family Cichlidae.
Silonia silondia (Hamilton)

silond
catfish
Status: native
shillong
Digenea
Bucephalus sp. (Dhaka)
Cestoda
Nematoda
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) garuai (Dhaka)
Pallisentis sp. (-)
Isopoda
silond catfish occurs in estuaries, ascending
rivers to spawn.
FAMILY SILURIDAE
Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch)

catfish
butter
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Status: native
kani
pabda
Digenea
Allocreadium mahaseri (Dhaka)
?Gonocera crassa (Dhaka)
?Phyllodistomum folium (Dhaka)
Pleurogenes attui (Dhaka)
P. pabdai (Dhaka)
Digenea gen. sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Cestoda
Nematoda
Sylhet?)
Capillaria sp. (Dhaka)
Contracaecum sp. larva (Dhaka)
?Eustrongylides tubifex larva (Dhaka)
Falcaustra brevicaudatum (Sylhet)
Gnathostoma spinigerum larva (Dhaka)
(Dhaka)
P. (Procamallanus) clarius (Dhaka)
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) gaboes (Dhaka)
Acanthocephala gen. sp. (-)
Remarks: The generic name has been frequently
misspelled "Ompak" by Bangladeshi authors.

P. (Demidueterospinus) ophiocephali
(Dhaka)
Acanthocephala gen. sp. (Dhaka)
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (Dhaka)
Crustacea
Crustacea gen. sp. (Dhaka)
Remarks: The generic name has been frequently
misspelled "Ompak" by Bangladeshi authors.
Wallago attu (Bloch and Schneider)

wallago
Status: native
boal
Digenea
Genarchopsis wallagoni (Dhaka)
Isoparorchis hypselobagri (Dhaka,
Sylhet?)
Nematoda
Sylhet)
Goezia sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
spiculogubernaculus (-)
FAMILY SISORIDAE
Ompok pabda (Hamilton)
pabdah
catfish
Status: native
madhu
pabda Environment: fresh water
Digenea
(Dhaka)
Euclinostomum sp. metacercaria (Dhaka)
Pleurogenes attui (-)
P. pabdai (Dhaka)
Digenea gen. sp. (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Cestoda
Nematoda
?Eustrongylides sp. [larva?]
(Dhaka)
(Dhaka)
Acanthocephala
Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton)

goonch
Status: native
baghair
Digenea
Opisthorchis bagarius (Dhaka)
Nematoda
Sylhet?)
Rhabdochona bagarii (-)
ORDER AULOPIFORMES
FAMILY SYNODONTIDAE
Harpadon neherius (Hamilton)

Bombay-duck
Status: native
loitta
Digenea
Hemiuridae gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
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Cestoda
?Diphyllobothrium latum plerocercoid
(Chittagong)
Nematoda
Remarks: The Bombay-duck inhabits deep water
offshore for most of the year, but also gathers in
large shoals in deltas of rivers to feed during
monsoons (Froese and Pauly 2001). The
generic name has often been misspelled
"Harpodon" by Bangladeshi authors.
Johnius borneensis
sharpnose hammer
croaker
(Bleeker)
Syn.: Johnius vogleri (Bleeker)
Status: native
Nematoda
ORDER BELONIFORMES
FAMILY BELONIDAE
Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton) freshwater garfish

Status: native
kaikka
Digenea
Isoparorchis hypselobagri (-)
Cestoda
Cestoda gen. sp. (Rajshahi)
Nematoda
Camallanus xenentodoni144 (Sylhet)
Paragendria bagarii (Dhaka)
cancilus145 (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis (Demidueterospinus)
ophiocephali (Dhaka)

Digenea
Allocreadium mehrai (Dhaka)
Allogomtiotrema attu (-)
Cotylogonoporum orfeum (-)
?Rhynchopharynx paradoxa (-)
Nematoda
Camallanus xenentodoni146 (Khulna)
Capillaria sp. (-)
Paracamallanus sweeti (-)
Remarks:
The status of this species in
Bangladesh is listed as "questionable" by
Froese and Pauly (2001). The species name has
occasionally been misspelled "aculeatum" by
Bangladeshi authors.
Macrognathus pancalus
barred spiny
eel
Hamilton
guchi
Syn.: Mastacembelus pancalus (Hamilton)
Status: native
Digenea
Macrolecithus sp. (Barisal, Dhaka)
Nematoda
Camallanus (Zeylanema) magna (Khulna)
Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepde) tiretrack eel

Status: native
baim
Digenea
Allocreadium bengalensis (Dhaka)
A. mehrai (Dhaka)
Cotylogonoporum orfeum (-)
Cestoda
?Marsipometra parva (-)
Nematoda
Capillaria sp. (-)
Procamallanus (Procamallanus) clarius ()
?Proleptus inflatus (Sylhet)
Pseudoproleptus vestibulus (-)
ORDER SYNBRANCHIFORMES
FAMILY MASTACEMBELIDAE
Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch) lesser spiny eel
Status: native
tara
baim
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145
Species inquirenda.
Species inquirenda.
Mastacembelus sp.
Status: native
Protozoa
Trichodina sp. (Rajshahi)
146
Species inquirenda.
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Copepoda
Remarks: The species name has been mispelled
"fasciata" by Bangladeshi authors.
ORDER PERCIFORMES
FAMILY AMBASSIDAE
Chanda nama Hamilton

elongate
perchlet
Syn.:
Ambassis
nama
chanda
Status: native
Nematoda
Cucullanus dogieli (Sylhet)
glass(Hamilton)
FAMILY ANABANTIDAE
Anabas testudineus (Bloch)

climbing perch
Status: native
koi
Protozoa
Tripartiella sp. (Chittagong)
Digenea
Allocreadium minutum (Dhaka)
Neopecoelina saharanpuriensis (Dhaka)
Monogenea
Dactylogyrus sp. (Rajshahi)
Nematoda
Camallanus (Zeylanema) anabantis
(Barisal, Dhaka, Sylhet?)
C. (Zeylanema) pearsei (Barisal, Dhaka,
Sylhet?)
Paragendria wallagonia (Dhaka)
FAMILY CARANGIDAE
Atropus atropos (Bloch and
Cleftbelly
trevally
Schneider)
Status: native
Environment: marine
Digenea
?Bucephalus polymorphus (Bay of Bengal)
Nematoda
Camallanus atropusi (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: The species name has been mispelled
"atropus" by Bangladeshi authors.
Parastromateus niger (Bloch)

black pomfret
Syn.: Stromateus niger Bloch
Status: native
Environment: marine
Digenea
?Lecithocladium excisum (Bay of Bengal)
Nematoda
Capillaria sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier)

yellowstripe
scad
Status: native
Digenea
Hemiurus sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Lecithocladium megalaspis (Bay of
Bengal)
L. seriolellae (Bay of Bengal)
FAMILY CENTROPOMIDAE
FAMILY BELONTIIDAE
Colisa fasciatus (Bloch and

banded
gourami
Schneider)
khailsha
Status: native
Nematoda
Cosmoxynemoides sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Nematoda gen. sp. (Rajshahi)
Acanthocephala
Branchiura
Lates calcarifer (Bloch)

barramundi
Status: native
bhetki
Digenea
Hemiuridae gen. sp. (Chittagong?)
Psilostomum sp. metacercaria?
(Chittagong?)
Cestoda
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis plerocercus
(Chittagong?)
Dasyrhynchus indicus
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plerocercus147(Chittagong?)
?Gymnorhynchus gigas plerocercus
(Chittagong?)
Pterobothrium lintoni plerocercus
(Chittagong?)
Acanthocephala
Serrasentis sagittifer (Chittagong?)
Remarks:
The barramundi is a diadromous
species, living in rivers but returning to
estuaries to spawn (see Froese and Pauly 2001).
FAMILY CHANNIDAE
Channa gachua Hamilton

Status: native
Digenea
Genarchopsis lobata (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Nematoda
Camallanus (Zeylanema) pearsei
(Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis sp. (Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Remarks: This snakehead is not listed in Froese
and Pauly (2001) as occurring in Bangladesh,
but is noted to occur in Sri Lanka, throughout
Southeast Asia (including Mynamar) and in
P.R. China. The species name has occasionally
been mispelled "gaucha" by Bangladeshi
authors.
Channa marulius (Hamilton)

giant
snakehead
Syn.: Ophicephalus marulius Hamilton gajar
Status: native
Digenea
Crowcrocaecum channai (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Sylhet?)
Phyllodistomum sp. (Dhaka)
Cestoda
?Anchistrocephalus sp. (-)
?Bothriocephalus cuspidatus (-)
Polyonchobothrium sp. (-)
?Taphrobothrium japonense (-)
Nematoda
?Heliconema brevispiculum (Rajshahi)
Neocamallanus ophicephali (-)
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Species inquirenda.
Neocamallanus sp. (-)

Quimperiidae gen. sp. larva (Barisal,
Dhaka)
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) nagpurensis
(Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
P. (Demidueterospinus) ophiocephali (-)
Pallisentis sp. (-)
Remarks: The generic name of the junior
synonym
is
frequently
misspelled
"Ophiocephalus."
Channa punctata (Bloch)

spotted
snakehead
Syn.: Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch
taki
Status: native
Protozoa
Trichodina sp. (Chittagong)
Digenea
Asymphylodora indica (Dhaka)
Euclinostomum heterostomum
metacercaria (Dhaka)
E. multicaecum metacercaria (Dhaka)
Eucreadium daccai (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Genarchopsis bangladensis (Dhaka,
Sylhet?)
G. dasus (Dhaka)
G. macrocotyle (Dhaka)
G. ozakii (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Sylhet?)
Neopecoelina saharanpuriensis (Barisal,
Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Neopecoelina sp. (Barisal, Dhaka)
Philopinna sp. (Dhaka)
Phyllodistomum chauhani (Dhaka)
Cestoda
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp. (Dhaka)
?Ascaris sp. (Dhaka)
Camallanus intestinalus (Dhaka)
Neocamallanus ophicephali (Dhaka?,
Sylhet?)
Neocamallanus sp. (-)
(Dhaka)
Acanthocephala
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Pallisentis (Brevitritospinus) allahabadii

(Barisal, Dhaka)
P. (Pallisentis) nagpurensis
(Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
(Dhaka)
Pallisentis sp. (-)
Copepoda
Remarks: The generic name of the junior
synonym
is
frequently
misspelled
"Ophiocephalus."
P. (Pallisentis) nagpurensis (Barisal,

Dhaka, Sylhet?)
P. (Demidueterospinus) ophiocephali (-)
Pallisentis sp. (Barisal, Chittagong,
Dhaka)
Branchiura
Remarks: The species name is often misspelled
"striatus," while the generic name of the junior
synonym
is
frequently
misspelled
"Ophiocephalus."
FAMILY CICHLIDAE
Channa striata (Bloch)
snakehead
murrel
Syn.: Ophicephalus striatus Bloch
shol
Status: native
Digenea
Euclinostomum heterostomum
metacercaria (Dhaka)
E. multicaecum metacercaria (Dhaka)
Isoparorchis hypselobagri (Chittagong,
Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Cestoda
?Anchistrocephalus sp. (Chittagong)
?Bothriocephalus cuspidatus (-)
Polyonchobothrium sp. (-)
?Taphrobothrium japonense (-)
Nematoda
Camallanus intestinalus (Dhaka)
?Echinocephalus sp. (-)
Sylhet?)
Neocamallanus ophicephali (Dhaka,
Sylhet)
Neocamallanus sp. (Chittagong)
(Dhaka, Sylhet?)
(Dhaka?, Sylhet?)
Dhaka)
Nematoda gen. sp. (Chittagong)
Acanthocephala
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tilapiae
(Barisal)
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) gaboes
(Barisal, Dhaka)
Oreochromis mossambicus
Mossambique
tilapia
(Peters)
tilapia
Syn.: Tilapia mossambica (Peters)
Status: exotic
Branchiura
Remarks: This African cichlid was introduced to
Bangladesh from Thailand in 1954 (see Rahman
1989).
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus

Nile
tilapia
(Linnaeus)
Syn.: Tilapia nilotica (Linnaeus)
Status: exotic
Protozoa
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (Dhaka)
Remarks: This African cichlid was introduced
into Bangladesh from Thailand in 1974 (see
Rahman 1989).
"Tilapia"
Status: exotic
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (-)
FAMILY GOBIIDAE
Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton)

tank
goby
Status: native
bele
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Digenea
Allocreadium glossogobium (Dhaka)
A. handiai (Dhaka)
A. ovatum (Dhaka)
Genarchopsis dasus (Dhaka)
Opegaster beliyai (Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Opegaster sp. (Barisal, Dhaka, Sylhet?)
Monogenea
Dactylogyrus glossogobii (Dhaka?,
Sylhet?)
Cestoda
Pseudophyllidea gen. sp. (Dhaka)
Tetrarhynchus sp. (-)
Nematoda
Sylhet?)
Capillaria sp. (Dhaka)
Dhaka)
Acanthocephala
Echinorhynchus kushiroensis (Dhaka)
P. (Pallisentis) nandai (Dhaka)
tank goby is found mainly in fresh water and
estuaries, but also enters the sea. The species
name is often mispelled "gurius."
FAMILY LUTJANIDAE
Lutjanus argentimaculatus mangrove red snapper

(Forsskl)
Status: native
Nematoda
Goezia sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: This is a marine species; juveniles and
young adults occur in mangrove estuaries and in
the lower reaches of freshwater streams (see
Froese and Pauly 2001). The generic name is
frequently misspelled "Lutianus."
FAMILY MUGILIDAE
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus

Status: native
bhangna148
Digenea
Haploporus sp. (Chittagong?)
Acanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchus chilkaensis
(Chittagong?)
Remarks: This mullet is coastal species that
often enters estuaries and rivers. Although noted
to be cosmopolitan in coastal waters of the
tropical and subtropical zones of all seas, it is
not listed by Froese and Pauly (2001) as
occurring in Bangladesh.
FAMILY MULLIDAE
Upeneus sulphureus Cuvier

sulphur
goatfish
Status: native
Nematoda
Quimperia sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: The sulfur goatfish is found in coastal
waters and estuaries; it is not listed as occurring
in Bangladesh (Froese and Pauly (2001).
FAMILY NANDIDAE
Nandus nandus (Hamilton)

Gangetic leaffish
Status: native
meni
Digenea
Clinostomum giganticum metacercaria
(Dhaka)
(Dhaka)
Isoparorchis hypselobagri (Chittagong,
Dhaka)
?Podocotyle atomon metacercaria (Dhaka)
Cestoda
Bothriocephalus sp. plerocercoid
(Chittagong, Dhaka)
(Dhaka)
Senga ophicephaliana (Chittagong)
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp. larva (Chittagong)
flathead mullet
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The common name is from Chandra (1992a).
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Porrocaecum sp. larva (Dhaka)

Acanthocephala
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) nandai (Barisal,
Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet?)
(Chittagong)
Pallisentis sp. (-)
Neoechinorhynchus sp. (Chittagong)
FAMILY POLYNEMIDAE
Eleutheronema tetradactylum fourfinger threadfin

(Shaw)
tailla
Status: native
Acanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchus sp. (Barisal)
fourfinger threadfin is found in shallow coastal
waters and enters rivers; juveniles occur in
estuaries.
Polydactylus indicus (Shaw)
Indian
threadfin
Status: native
lakhua
Nematoda
?Camallanus cotti (Khulna)
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Porrocaecum trichiuri [larva?] (Khulna)
(Khulna)
species occasionally enters rivers.
Polydactylus sextarius
blackspot
threadfin
(Bloch and Schneider)
Syn.: Polynemus sextarius Bloch and
Schneider
Status: native
Nematoda
Paraquimperia sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
(Bay
of Bengal)
Remarks: The blackspot threadfin is a marine
species that frequently enters estuaries. It is not
listed by Froese and Pauly (2001) as being
reported from Bangladesh, but is widely
distributed in Indo-Pacific waters, including the
Bay of Bengal.
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Species inquirenda.
Polynemus paradiseus
paradise
threadfin
Linnaeus
tapasi
Status: native
Nematoda
Acanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchus topseyi (Dhaka)
Remarks: The paradise threadfin regularly enters
fresh water during the breeding season (see
Froese and Pauly 2001).
FAMILY SCIAENIDAE
Otolithoides pama (Hamilton)

pama croaker
Syn.: Pama pama (Hamilton)
poa
Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton)
Status: native
Cestoda
Gymnorhynchus sp. plerocercus
(Chittagong)
Lytocestus sp. (-)
Nematoda
Goezia sp. (-)
Acanthocephala
Pallisentis sp. (-)
pama croaker is found in coastal waters,
estuaries and rivers.
FAMILY SCOMBRIDAE
Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier)

Indian
mackerel
Status: native
Environment: marine
Digenea
Dinurinae gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Monogenea
Pseudoanthocotyle pavlovskyi (Bay of
Bengal)
Scomberomorus guttatus (Bloch

and Schneider)
mackerel
Indo-Pacific
king
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Syn.: Cybium guttatum (Bloch

bijram
and Schneider)
Status: native
Monogenea
Pricea multae (Bay of Bengal)
Nematoda
FAMILY SILLAGINIDAE
Sillaginopsis panijus (Hamilton) flathead sillago

Status: native
tular
dandi
Nematoda
Raphidascaris panijii150 (Khulna)
Status: native
churi
Digenea
Lecithochiriinae gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Nematoda
Camallanus trichiuris (Bay of Bengal)
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus

largehead
hairtail
Syn.: Lepturacanthus haumela
(Forsskl)
Status: native
Nematoda
Camallanus dollfusi (Bay of Bengal)
Bengal)
Remarks: This is a marine species that often
enters estuaries (see Froese and Pauly 2001).
FAMILY SPARIDAE
ORDER PLEURONECTIFORMES
Acanthopagrus berda (Forrskl) picnic seabream
Syn.: Sparus berda Forrskl
Status: native
Nematoda
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus)
berdii151 (Khulna)
picnic seabream enters fresh water.
FAMILY STROMATEIDAE
Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen)

silver pomfret
Syn.: Stromateus cinereus Bloch
fali
chanda
Status: native
Environment: marine
Digenea
Lecithocladium sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Nematoda
FAMILY TRICHIURIDAE
Lepturacanthus savala (Cuvier)

hairtail
150
151
Species inquirenda.
Species inquirenda.
Salvalani
FAMILY CYNOGLOSSIDAE
Cynoglossus arel (Bloch

largescale
tonguesole
and Schneider)
kukur
jeeb
Syn.: Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (Bleeker)
Status: native
Nematoda
Dujardinascaris sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
Heterotyphlum sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
Paraquimperia sp. larva (Bay of Bengal)
(Bay
of Bengal)
Copepoda
Ergasilus sp. (Bay of Bengal)
marine flatfish enters estuaries and tidal rivers.
Cynoglossus lingua Hamilton

long tongue
sole
Status: native
kukur
jeeb
Acanthocephala
Neoechinorhynchus sp. (Barisal)
Remarks: The long tongue sole is a marine
species that enters estuaries and tidal rivers
63
(Froese and Pauly 2001).
FAMILY PSETTODIDAE
Psettodes erumei (Bloch

Indian spiny
turbot
and Schneider)
Status: native
Environment: marine
Nematoda
Cucullanus sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Porrocaecum trichiuri152 [larva?] (Bay of
Bengal)
Bengal)
Isopoda
Cymothoidae gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
FAMILY SOLEIDAE
Solea elongata Day

elongate sole
Status: native
Environment: marine
Nematoda
Camallanus dollfusi (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks: Although not listed as occurring in the
waters of Bangladesh, Froese and Pauly (2001)
give the distribution of this species as being the
"Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and the "Gulf"
to the west and east coast of India and Sri
Lanka."
ORDER TETRAODONTIFORMES
FAMILY TETRAODONTIDAE
Tetraodon sp.
Status: native
Isopoda
Remarks: Froese and Pauly (2001) list two
species of the genus Tetraodon as occurring in
Bangladesh.
FISHES OF UNCERTAIN TAXONOMIC

AFFINITY
"Catfish"
Status: native
Digenea
Cestoda
Lytocestus sp. (-)
Nematoda
Gnathostoma spinigerum larva (-)
spiculogubernaculus (Dhaka)
Procamallanus (Procamallanus) sp. (-)
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) sp. (-)
"Elasmobranch fishes"
Status: native
Environment: marine
Cestoda
Lecanicephalidea gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
?Pseudophyllidea gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Tetraphyllidea gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Trypanorhyncha gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
"Sawfish"
Status: native
Cestoda
Lytocestus sp. (-)
Nematoda
?Camallanus kirandensis (Khulna)
?Contracaecum brevicaecum larva153
(Khulna)
"Fish"
Status: unknown
Protozoa
Ichthyobodo sp. 154 (-)
Chilodonella sp. (-)
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (-)
Ichthyophthirius sp. (1)
Apiosoma sp. (-)
Trichodina sp. (-)
Myxozoa
Myxobolus sp. (-)
Digenea
Digenea gen. sp. metacercaria
153
152
Species inquirenda.
154
Species inquirenda.
64
(Chittagong)
Monogenea
?Dactylogyrus vastator (-)
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp. (Sylhet)
Buckleynema sp. (Sylhet)
Cucullanus sp. (Bay of Bengal)
Dichelyne (Cucullanellus) sp. (Sylhet)
Sylhet)
(Dhaka)
(Sylhet, Bay of Bengal)
Hirudinea
Hirudinea gen. sp. (Chittagong)
Branchiura
Argulus sp. (Dhaka)
Copepoda
Lernaea cyprinacea (-)
Crustacea
Crustacea gen. sp. (Bay of Bengal)
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metazoan parasites
of common carp.
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PARASITE INDEX
Acanthocephala gen. sp. 39

Acanthocolpus liodorus 14
Acanthocolpus luehei 14
Acanthogyrus (Acanthogyrus) acanthogyrus 37
Acanthogyrus sp. 37
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) dattai 37
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) indicus 37
Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tilapiae 37
Acanthosentis dattai
see Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) dattai
Acanthosentis indicus
see Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) indicus
Acanthosentis tilapiae
see Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tilapiae
Acanthosentis sp.
see Acanthogyrus sp.
Allocreadium bengalensis 12
Allocreadium glossogobium 12
Allocreadium handiai 12
Allocreadium mahaseri 12
Allocreadium mehrai 12
Allocreadium minutum 12
Allocreadium mymensinghi 13
Allocreadium ovatum 13
Allocreadium sp. 13
Allogomtiotrema attu 15
Allomonaxine atropoides 42
Anchistrocephalus sp. 24
Ancistrocephalus sp.
see Anchistrocephalus sp.
Aphallus sp. 14
Aphanurus stossichi 9
Apiosoma sp. 5
Argulus bengalensis 40
Argulus sp. 40
Ascaridia sp. 26
Ascaridida gen. sp. 30
Ascaridoidea gen. sp. 28
Ascaris sp. 28
Asymphylodora indica 16
Bialovarium sp. 20
Bicotyle bangladeshi 42
Bothriocephalus cuspidatus 23
Bothriocephalus sp. 23
Bovienia serialis 18
Bovienia sp. 18
Bucephalopsis sp.
see Prosorhynchoides sp.
Bucephalus mystusi 7
Bucephalus polymorphus 7
Bucephalus sp. 8
Buckleynema sp. 29
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis 23
Camallanus adamsi
see Neocamallanus ophicephali
Camallanus atropusi 31
Camallanus bispiculus 31
Camallanus cotti 31
Camallanus dollfusi 31
Camallanus gaboes 42
Camallanus gibsonia 42
Camallanus heteropneustus
see Procamallanus (Procamallanus) clarius
Camallanus intestinalus 31
Camallanus kirandensis 31
Camallanus singhi
see Neocamallanus ophicephali
Camallanus sweeti
see Paracamallanus sweeti
Camallanus trichiuris 31
Camallanus truncatus 32
Camallanus vachaii
see Neocamallanus vachai
Camallanus xenentodoni 32
Camallanus zakeri 42
Camallanus sp. 32
Camallanus (Zeylanema) anabantis 31
Camallanus (Zeylanema) magna 31
Camallanus (Zeylanema) pearsei 31
Capillaria sp. 25
Capingentoides batrachii 20
Caryophyllaeidea gen. sp. 21
Caryophyllaeus sp. 20
Cestoda gen. sp. 25
Chilodonella sp. 5
Choricotyle pagelli 18
Choricotyle sp. 18
Cleaveius secundus 37
Clinostomum complanatum 6
Clinostomum giganticum 7
Clinostomum marginatum
see Clinostomum complanatum
Clinostomum sp. 7
Coitocaecum sp. 13
Contracaecum aori 26
Contracaecum brevicaecum 27
Contracaecum sp. 27
Cosmoxynemoides sp. 26
Costia sp.
see Ichthyobodo sp.
Cotylogonoporum orfeum 14
Crowcrocaecum channai 13
Crustacea gen. sp. 41
Cucullanellus sp.
see Dichelyne (Cucullanellus) sp.
Cucullanus dogieli 28
Cucullanus pangasius 29
Cucullanus sp. 29
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Cymothoidae gen. sp. 41

Dactylogyrus glossogobii 17
Dactylogyrus vastator 17
Dactylogyrus sp. 17
Dasyrhynchus indicus 22
Devendrosentis garuai
see Pallisentis (Pallisentis) garuai
Dichelyne (Cucullanellus) sp. 29
Digenea gen. sp. 16
Dinurinae gen. sp. 10
Diphyllobothriidae gen. sp. 24
Diphyllobothrium latum 24
Discocephalum pileatum
see Disculiceps pileatum
Disculiceps pileatum 23
Djombangia penetrans 19
Dujardinascaris sp. 28
Echinocephalus sp. 35
Echinorhynchus kushiroensis 36
Ergasilus sp. 41
Euclinostomum heterostomum 7
Euclinostomum multicaecum 7
Euclinostomum sp. 7
Eucreadium daccai 14
Eumasenia sp. 16
Eustrongylides tubifex 25
Eustrongylides sp. 25
Hemiuridae gen. sp. 11

Hemiurus appendiculatus 11
Hemiurus sp. 11
Heterosentis plotosi 36
Heterotyphlum sp. 27
Hirudinea gen. sp. 40
Hypoechinorhynchus sp. 37
Ichthyobodo sp. 5
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis 5
Ichthyophthirius sp. 5
Ichthyoxenus amurensis 41
Ilisha parthenogenetica 24
Indocucullanus gibsonia 42
Indocucullanus sp.
see Cucullanus sp.
Isoparorchis hypselobagri 11
Isopoda gen. sp. 41
Kathlania brevicaudatum
see Falcaustra brevicaudatum
Kuhnia pricei 42
Genarchopsis bangladensis 9
Genarchopsis bashiri 9
Genarchopsis dasus 9
Genarchopsis lobata 9
Genarchopsis macrocotyle 9
Genarchopsis ozakii 9
Genarchopsis wallagoni 10
Genarchopsis sp. 10
Gnathostoma spinigerum 35
Goezia ascaroides 26
Goezia sp. 26
Gonocera crassa 9
Gymnorhynchus gigas 22
Gymnorhynchus gigas of Southwell, 1929
(partim), 1930 (partim)
see Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum
Gymnorhynchus malleus
see Pterobothrium lintoni
Gymnorhynchus sp. 22
Gyrocotyle sp. 18
Lecanicephalidea gen. sp. 23

Lecithochiriinae gen. sp. 11
Lecithochirium coxium 42
Lecithochirium margolisi 42
Lecithocladium daccai 42
Lecithocladium dawesi
see Lecithocladium megalaspis
Lecithocladium excisum 10
Lecithocladium harpodontis 10
Lecithocladium ilishae
see Lecithocladium harpodontis
Lecithocladium magnacetabulum 10
Lecithocladium megalaspis 10
Lecithocladium seriolellae 11
Lecithocladium sp. 11
Lernaea cyprinacea 41
Lernaea sp. 41
Lernaeocera sp. 41
Ligula intestinalis 24
Livoneca amurensis
see Ichthyoxenus amurensis
Loimos polytesticularis 42
Lucknowia sp.
see Lytocestus sp.
Lytocestus birmanicus 19
Lytocestus clariae of Anon., 1974
see Pseudolytocestus clariae
Lytocestus indicus 19
Lytocestus lativitellarium 19
Lytocestus parvulus 19
Lytocestus sp. 19
Haploporus sp. 12
Heliconema brevispiculum 35
Hemiclepsis marginata 40
Macrolecithus sp. 13
Macvicaria crassigula 14
Marsipometra parva 24
Falcaustra brevicaudatum 28
Faustula brevichrus 8
Faustula sp. 8
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Masenia dayali 16
Megamicrocotyle chirocentrus 18
Mehrarhynchus secundus
see Cleaveius secundus
Metanisakis sp.
see Pseudanisakis sp.
Metaquimperia bagarii
see Paragendria bagarii
Metaquimperia madhuai
see Paragendria wallagonia
Monobothrioides sp. 20
Monogenea gen. sp. 18
Myxobolidae gen. sp. 6
Myxobolus sp. 6
Neascus sp. 7
Nematoda gen. sp. 36
Neobucephalopsis aspinosiensis
see Prosorhynchoides aspinosiensis
Neobucephalopsis clupisomius
see Prosorhynchoides clupisomius
Neobucephalopsis sp.
see Prosorhynchoides sp.
Neocamallanus ophicephali 32
Neocamallanus vachaii 32
Neocamallanus sp. 32
Neoechinorhynchus aminulhaquei 39
Neoechinorhynchus chilkaensis 39
Neoechinorhynchus topseyi 39
Neoechinorhynchus sp. 39
Neopecoelina saharanpuriensis 13
Neopecoelina sp. 13
Nybelinia sp. 21
Opegaster beliyai 13
Opegaster sp. 13
Ophiocorchis dasus
see Genarchopsis dasus
Opisthadena sp. 9
Opistholebes sp. 14
Opisthorchis bagarius 15
Opisthorchis sp. 15
Orientocreadium batrachoides 16
Palaeorchis sp. 16
Pallisentis (Brevitritospinus) allahabadii 38
Pallisentis (Demidueterospinus) ophiocephali 38
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) gaboes 38
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) garuai 38
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) nagpurensis 38
Pallisentis (Pallisentis) nandai 38
Pallisentis sp. 39
Paracamallanus sweeti 32
Paragendria bagarii 29
Paragendria wallagonia 29
Paragendria sp. 29
Parahemiurus sp.
11
Paranisakis sp. 27
Paraquimperia sp. 29
Philopinna sp. 10
Phyllodistomum chauhani 15
Phyllodistomum folium 15
Phyllodistomum yosufzaii 15
Phyllodistomum sp. 15
Pingus aori 29
Piscicola sp. 40
Plagioporus crassigula
see Macvicaria crassigula
Pleurogenes attui 15
Pleurogenes pabdai 16
Pleurogenoides notopteri 16
Podocotyle atomon 14
Poecilancistrum ilisha 21
Polyonchobothrium sp. 23
Porrocaecum trichiuri 28
Porrocaecum sp. 28
Posthodiplostomum minimum 7
Pricea armata
see Pricea multae
Pricea multae 18
Pricea. robusta
see Pricea multae
Procamallanus bangladeshi 42
Procamallanus bengalensis
see Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) mysti
Procamallanus daccai
see Procamallanus (Procamallanus)
spiculogubernaculus
Procamallanus heteropneustus
Procamallanus jalaliai 42
Procamallanus sprenti
spiculogubernaculus
Procamallanus viviparus of Khan and Yaseen,
1969
spiculogubernaculus
Procamallanus (Procamallanus) cancilus 33
Procamallanus (Procamallanus) clarius 33
spiculogubernaculus 34
Procamallanus (Procamallanus) sp. 34
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) alii 32
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) berdii 33
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) mysti 33
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) sp. 34
Proleptus inflatus 35
Prosorhynchoides aspinosiensis 8
Prosorhynchoides clupisomius 8
Prosorhynchoides sp. 8
Protozoa gen. sp. 6
Pseudanisakis sp. 28
Pseudoanthocotyle pavlovskyi 17
Pseudoanthocotyle jagannath
see Pseudoanthocotyle pavlovskyi
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Pseudocaryophyllaeus clariae of Ahmed and

Ezaz, 1997
see Pseudolytocestus clariae
Pseudocaryophyllaeus heteropneustus 20
Pseudocaryophyllaeus indica 20
Pseudocaryophyllaeus sp. 20
Pseudolytocestus clariae 20
Pseudophyllidea gen. sp. 24
Pseudoproleptus vestibulus 36
Pseudothoracocotyla coxbazari 42
Psilostomum sp. 12
Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum 22
Pterobothrium heteracanthum 22
Pterobothrium lintoni 22
Quimperia sp. 30
Quimperiidae gen. sp. 30
Raphidascaris panijii 27
Raphidascaris sp. 27
Rhabdochona bagarii 36
Rhabdochona magna 36
Rhynchobothrius ilisha
see Poecilancistrum ilisha
Rhynchocreadium aculeatus
see Allocreadium mehrai
Rhynchopharynx paradoxa 8
Sachalinorhynchus sp. 37
Senga ophicephaliana 23
Serrasentis sagittifer 37
Serrasentis socialis
see Serrasentis sagittifer
Spinitectus indicus 36
Spirocamallanus alii
see Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) alii
Spirocamallanus berdi
see Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) berdii
Spirocamallanus heteropneustus
Spirocamallanus inglisi
Spirocamallanus intestinecolas
Spirocamallanus kaptaiensis 42
Spirocamallanus karnaphuliensis 42
Spirocamallanus mazabukae sensu Khan and

Yaseen, 1969
see Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) alii
Spirocamallanus murius 42
Spirocamallanus mysti
Spirocamallanus notopteri
Spirocamallanus olseni
Spirocamallanus singhi
Spirocamallanus timmi
Spirocamallanus viviparus
Spirocamallanus sp.
see Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) sp.
Steringotrema sp. 8
Syndesmobothrium filicolle
see Pterobothrium heteracanthum
Taphrobothrium japonense 24
Tentacularia ilisha
see Poecilancistrum ilisha
Terranova sp. 27
Tetraphyllidea gen. sp. 23
Tetrarhynchus sp. 23
Thelohanellus dogieli 6
Trichodina sp. 5
Tripartiella sp. 6
Trypanorhyncha gen. sp. 23
Zeylanema anabantis
see Camallanus (Zeylanema) anabantis
Zeylanema bidigitalis 42
Zeylanema magna
see Camallanus (Zeylanema) magna
Zeylanema pearsei
see Camallanus (Zeylanema) pearsei
Zeylanema tridensis 42
Zeylanema yehia 42
Zeylanema sp.
see Camallanus sp.
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HOST INDEX
Acanthopagrus berda 58
Aetobatus narinari 44
Ambassis nama
see Chanda nama
Anabas testudineus 53
Arius gagora 47
Atropus atropos 54
Bagarius bagarius 52
Barbodes gonionotus 45
Barbus sophore
see Puntius sophore
Barbus stigma
see Puntius sophore
Glossogobius giuris 56
Glyphis gangeticus 44
Harpadon neherius 52
Heteropneustes fossilis 49
Hilsa ilisha
see Tenualosa ilisha
Hilsa kanagurta
see Hilsa kelee
Hilsa kelee 45
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix 46
Ilisha filigera 45
"Indian major carp" 47
Carcharinus gangeticus
see Glyphis gangeticus
"carp" 47
"catfish" 59
Catla catla 46
Chanda nama 53
Channa gachua 54
Channa marulius 54
Channa punctata 54
Channa striata 55
Chirocentrus dorab 44
Chirocentrus nudus 44
Cirrhina mrigala
see Cirrhinus cirrhosus
Cirrhinus cirrhosus 46
Clarias batrachus 48
Clarias gariepinus 49
Clupisoma garua 50
Clupisoma murius
see Eutropiichthys murius
Colisa fasciatus 53
Ctenopharyngodon idellus 46
Cybium guttatum
see Scomberomorus guttatus
Cynoglossus arel 58
Cynoglossus lingua 59
Cynoglossus macrolepidotus
see Cynoglossus arel
Cyprinus carpio 46
Johnius borneensis 52
Johnius vogleri
see Johnius borneensis
Dussumieria acuta 45
Ompok bimaculatus 51
Ompok pabda 51
Ophicephalus marulius
see Channa marulius
Ophicephalus punctatus
see Channa punctata
Ophicephalus striatus
see Channa striata
Oreochromis mossambicus 55
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus 56
"fish" 59
"elasmobranch fishes" 59
Eleutheronema tetradactylum 57
Eusphyra blochii 44
Eutropiichthys murius 50
Eutropiichthys vacha 51
Labeo bata 46
Labeo rohita 47
Lates calcarifer 54
Lepturacanthus haumela
see Trichiurus lepturus
Lepturacanthus savala 58
Lutjanus argentimaculatus 56
Macrognathus aculeatus 53
Macrognathus pancalus 53
Mastacembelus armatus 53
Mastacembelus pancalus
see Macrognathus pancalus
Mastacembelus sp. 53
Mugil cephalus 56
Mystus aor
see Sperata aor
Mystus cavasius 47
Mystus gulio 48
Mystus microphthalmus 48
Mystus tengara 48
Mystus vittatus 48
Nandus nandus 56
Notopterus notopterus 44
81
Otolithoides pama 57
Pama pama
see Otolithoides pama
Pampus argenteus 58
Pangasius pangasius 50
Parastromateus niger 54
Plotosus canius 50
Polydactylus indicus 57
Polydactylus sextarius 57
Polynemus paradiseus 57
Polynemus sextarius
see Polydactylus sextarius
Psettodes erumei 59
Pseudeutropius atherinoides 51
Puntius gonionotus
see Barbodes gonionotus
Puntius sarana 47
Puntius sophore 47
Puntus sp. 47
Rastrelliger kanagurta 58
Rita rita 48
Sardinella fimbriata 45
"sawfish" 59
Sciaenoides pama
see Otolithoides pama
Scoliodon laticaudus 44
Scoliodon sorrakowah
see Scoliodon laticaudus
Scomberomorus guttatus 58
Selaroides leptolepis 54
Setipinna phasa 45
Sillaginopsis panijus 58
Silonia silondia 51
Solea elongata 59
Sparus berda
see Acanthopagrus berda
Sperata aor 48
Sphyrna blochii
see Eusphyra blochii
Stromateus cinereus
see Pampus argenteus
Stromateus niger
see Parastromateus niger
Tachysurus gagora
see Arius gagora
Tachysurus sp. 47
Tenualosa ilisha 45
Tetraodon sp. 59
Thrissocles hamiltonii
see Thryssa hamiltonii
Thryssa hamiltonii 45
Tilapia mossambica
see Oreochromis mossambicus
Tilapia nilotica
see Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
Trichiurus lepturus 58
"tilapia" 56
Upeneus sulphureus 56
Wallago attu 52
Xenentodon cancila 52
BLURB
This checklist summarizes information on the parasites of Bangladeshi fishes contained in the
world literature dating from the earliest known records to the end of 2000. Information is
presented in the form of parasite-host and host-parasite lists. Included are 147 named species of
parasites. Also included are many records of parasites not identified to species level. The
Parasite-Host List is organized on a taxonomic basis and provides information for each parasite
species on the environment (fresh water, brackish water, marine), the location (site of infection)
in or on its host(s), the species of host(s) infected, the known geographic distribution (by
administrative division) in Bangladesh, and the published sources for each host and locality
record. The parasite fauna of fishes of Bangladesh remains poorly known. Parasites have been
reported from only 85 of the 528 species of marine and freshwater fish occurring in the waters of
Bangladesh. The situation is complicated by the large number of reports that are based on
apparent misidentifications, the existence of a plethora of poorly described species, and the
relatedness of the Bangladeshi fish parasite fauna to that of the larger Indian subregion, which is
also poorly known for many of the same reasons.

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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

T he study of fish parasites in the

The territory of Bangladesh encompasses most of what was

be species inquirendae or nomina nuda. Also,

In the literature dealing with the

host biology. T he Location gives the site of

Records for the Bay of Bengal include only those pertaining

of fishes was obtained from the species

basic systematic and survey work to be

categories); in compiling this checklist, records for an

Chowdhury (1993) tentatively identified Costia as a probable

The parasite species name was misspelled multifilis by

Records: 1. Sanaullah and Ahmed 1980

Thelohanellus dogieli Akhmerov, 1955

Myxobolidae gen. sp.

Chowdhury (1993) tentatively identified Trichodina as a

Protozoa gen. sp.

The record of Anon. (1993) involves a tentative parasite

Masilugan, 1935 metacercaria

Clinostomum complanatum (Rudolphi, 1814)

Euclinostomum heterostomum (Rudolphi,

Clinostomum sp. metacercaria

Euclinostomum sp. metacercaria

Neascus sp. metacercaria

The species name was misspelled multicasecum by

Bucephalus mystusi Chandra and

Bucephalus polymorphus Baer, 1827

The species name misspelled as aspinosinensis by Ahmed

Rhynchopharynx paradoxa Odhner, 1928

Aphanurus stossichi (Monticelli, 1891)

Gonocera crassa Manter, 1934

Genarchopsis bangladensis Bashirullah and

Genarchopsis bashiri Hafizuddin and

Genarchopsis dasus (Gupta, 1951)

Bashirullah (1973a) and Ahmed (1981) erroneously gave

Glossogobius giuris (1,2,3)

Genarchopsis lobata (Srivastava, 1933)

Genarchopsis macrocotyle Coil and

Chandra 1992a (Dhaka), 3. 1993b (Dhaka)

Genarchopsis ozakii Bashirullah and

Dinurinae gen. sp.

The species name was misspelled as ozaki by Bashirullah

Lecithocladium excisum (Rudolphi, 1819)

Remarks: The taxonomic history and host and

were used to experimentally infect various

Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1937

Hemiurus appendiculatus (Rudolphi, 1802)

Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953

Lecithochiriinae gen. sp.

Hemiuridae gen. sp.

(1972a) and Chandra and Banerjee (1993a).

Isoparorchis hypselobagri (Billet, 1898)

Psilostomum sp. [metacercaria?]

Estuarine fishes examined by Chandra (1992a) were noted

Estuarine fishes examined by Chandra (1993) were noted to

Record: Banerjee and Chandra 1993

Allocreadium bengalensis Banerjee and