Philometra parasites were collected from gonads of the host fish Priacanthus sp. whilst among 17 specimens 10 specimens were found to be parasitized by Nematode Philometra. Parasite is known to cause destruction, hemorrhage, and fibrosis within gonads of infected fish. Total length and width of each Philometra parasites was measured and recorded size ranged (total length) between 130 mm (minimum) to 196 mm (maximum) mm whereas, measured width was 1.1 and 1.4mm whereas calculated prevalence was remain 58.82 %. This is the first report of occurrence of this parasite in marine fish from Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali, Nuzhat Afsar. (2018) A REPORT OF OCCURRENCE OF GONAD INFECTING NEMATODE PHILOMETRA (COSTA, 1845) IN HOST PRIACANTHUS SP. FROM PAKISTAN, , Volume 15, Issue 3.
