AN APPROACH TO HELMINTH PARASITES OF CATFISH (CLARIAS LAZERA) IN BENI-SUEF GOVERNORATE

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In the present study Clarias lazera fsihes in Beni-Suef Governorate have been investigated for helminth parasites. The authors found seven worms composed of three trematodes identified as Glossidium pedatum, Orientocreadium batrachoides and Sanguincola clarias and one cestode, Polyonchobothrium clarias, in addition to three nematodes namely Rhabdochona pellucida, Paracamallanus cyathopharynx and Procamallanus laeviconchus. Most of the fore-mentioned worms were recorded from other localities in Egypt with the exception of Glossidium pedatum which is (TREMATODA, LOOSS, 1899) as well as Rhabdochona pellucida (Nematoda, GUSTAFSON, 1949) recorded for the first time from (Clarias lazera in Egypt.