UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Gobiidae) is one among the popular fish species due to its nutritional value and delicious nature. It is a widely consumed and thus commercially important fish species. In the environment, this fish species maintains ecological balance by acting as a predator and then as prey for larger fish. So, helminthic infection in them affect fish industry by decreasing their taste and nutritional value; it can also pose a risk of transmitting zoonotic parasites if got infected with them, through their consumption in raw or undercooked form. The objectives of this study are to review and list the helminth infection in the freshwater fish Glossogobius giuris over the last decade, using keywords as helminthes, Acanthocephala, Trematoda, Nematoda, Cestoda, Monogenea, Glossogobius giuris from public databases. Only those data were included which are available to access, related to reports of infection, identification and characterisation of helminth parasites in the fish species. During the study, the fish species were infected with four groups of parasites: Acanthocephalan (4 species), trematode (11 species), monogenean (8 species) and nematode (3 species), but no cestode infection was recorded. These data are restricted from few countries namely India, Bangladesh and the Philippines. So, the present analysis revealed that less informations are available regarding the helminthic infection in G. giuris in terms of their life cycle, biology or histopathological effects. It emphasized on extensive investigation of helminthic infection in G. giuris, to study parasite infection, their spectrum, life cycle, biology and screen any parasite with zoonotic potential.