Abdou, N. L.; Heckmann, R. A.; Beltagy, S. M.; Ashour, A. A. (2001). Pseudoplagioporus interruptus Durio and Manter, 1968 and Hamacreadium agyptia sp. n. (Trematoda: Opecoeliidae) from the Red Sea Fish in Egypt. Journal of King Abdulaziz University. Marine Science. 12: Special Issue, 175-188.
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Abdou, N. L.; Heckmann, R. A.; Beltagy, S. M.; Ashour, A. A.
2001
Pseudoplagioporus interruptus Durio and Manter, 1968 and Hamacreadium agyptia sp. n. (Trematoda: Opecoeliidae) from the Red Sea Fish in Egypt.
Journal of King Abdulaziz University. Marine Science
12: Special Issue, 175-188.
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The present investigation includes a description of two species of trematodes, Hamacreadium egyptia sp. n. and Pseudoplagioporus interruptus Durio and Manter, infecting two fish species, Lethrinus nebulosus Forssk?l, 1775 and L. mahse- na Forssk?l, 1775 (Family: Lethrinidae ) in the Red Sea. Both trematodes were described from Egypt for the first time. Fish samples were collected during the period from February to November, 1993. A total of 103 Lethrinidae fishes were examined, the rate of infection was 25%. In Lethrinus nebulosus, 24% were found infected, with the highest prevalence during summer (28%). In case of L. mahsena, 32% were found infected with the highest infection rate during spring (58%). A full description is given to the trematodes using both light and scanning electron microscopy.
