OBSERVATIONS ON TWO LARVAL CESTODES FROM RED SEA FISHES AT JEDDAH, SAUDI IA S FROM RED SEA

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Department of Zoology, Girls College of Education, P. O. Box 9470, Jeddah, 21413, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Examination of red sea fished at Jeddah revealed the presence of larval cestodes belonging to the trypanorhynchid cestode genera: Grillotia Guiart, 1927, and Otobethrium Linton, 1890. Cestodes of the former genus were found in the  intestine of Roving Grouper (Plectropomus _ maculatus, Bloch 1790, locally known as El-Nagil) fishes, and those of the latter genus in cysts attached to the mesentry of Mahsena_ Emperor (Lethrinus mahsena, Forsakal 1775, locally known as El-Shuour fishes. The incidence and morphology of these two larval stages are discussed. 

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