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Clarias Batrachus Overview and Studies

The document discusses several studies on parasites found in different fish species. It summarizes research on parasites prevalent in the catfish Clarias batrachus in ponds in Bangladesh. It also reviews studies on the infracommunity structure of parasites in the fish Hemigymnus melapterus in Australia and records new crustacean parasites found in fish in the Amazon. Additionally, it mentions that the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus can reach up to 127 cm if they reach adulthood, citing a source from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Clarias Batrachus Overview and Studies

The document discusses several studies on parasites found in different fish species. It summarizes research on parasites prevalent in the catfish Clarias batrachus in ponds in Bangladesh. It also reviews studies on the infracommunity structure of parasites in the fish Hemigymnus melapterus in Australia and records new crustacean parasites found in fish in the Amazon. Additionally, it mentions that the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus can reach up to 127 cm if they reach adulthood, citing a source from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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FROESE. 2019. Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758).

Retrieved from Fishbase:


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KHANUM, H., FARJANA, E., SHOWKET, H., & RIMI, F. 2015. HEMLNINTH AND PARASITIC
ARTHROPOD PREVALENCE IN CATFISH CLARIAS BATRACHUS (L.) FROM PONDS
IN SAVAR. Bangladesh J. Zool., 43(2), 269-277.
MUNOZ, G. AND CRIBB, T. H. 2005. Infracommunity structure of parasites of Hemigymnus
melapterus (Pisces: Labridea) from Lizard Island, Australia: The importance of habitat
and parasite body size. Journal of Parasitology, 91(1): 38 – 44.

OLIVEIRA, M., LINCOLN, L., DRIELLY, O., LIGIA, R., & MARCOS, T. 2017. Records of new
localities and hosts for crustacean parasites in fish from the eastern Amazon in northern
Brazil. J Parasit Dis., 41(2), 565–570.
PAM , F., & MATT , N. 2019. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818). Retrieved from U.S.
Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database:
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SHOTTER, R. A. 1973. Changes in the parasite fauna of whiting Odontogadus merlangus L. with
age and sex of host, season, and from different areas in the vicinity of the Isle of Man.
Journal of Fish Biology, 5: 559 – 573

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Ictalurus punctatus can reach up to 127 cm if they reach adulthood (Pam, 2019).

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