STUDIES ON A NEW SPECIES OF MYXIDIUM (PROTOZOA : MYXOZOA : MYXOSPOREA) FROM A FRESHWATER TELEOST FISH CIRRHINA REBA (HAM)
YATINDRA . *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, GOVT. COLLEGE, AJMER-305001, INDIA.
B. N. MATHUR *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, GOVT. COLLEGE, AJMER-305001, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A new species of myxosporean, Myxidium nolnari ni sp infecting the gall-bladder of Cirrhina reba is described. A comparative morphometrics of all the species of Myxidium reported from fishes of India is also given.