Endo-parasitism with seasonal rate of infestation in Schizothorax niger in River Jhelum at Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Abstract

A thorough study was conducted to check the different parasitic infestations in different seasons in Jhelum River at Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, from Sep. 2019-Sep.2020.Three sites were chosen for the whole study viz. as, Khanabal, Bijbihara and Sangam. A total no.of three helminth parasitic species were recovered from the specimens of Schizothorax niger. (27.47%) were found to harbour the Pomphorhynchus kashmirensis, (30.63%) were found to harbor the Bothriocephalus acheilognathi parasite, and (32.43%) were found to be infected with the Adenoscolex oreini. Mean intensity of different endoparasites at different locations shows that Pomphorhynchus kashmirensis was 6.08% at Khanabal, 7.63% at Bijbihara and 7.09% at Sangam. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi was 9.84% at Khanabal, 6.56% at Bijbihara and 4.10 at Sangam. Adenoscolex oreini was 9.16% at Khanabal, 8.16% at Bijbihara and 7% at Sangam.