Abstract
Catla catla L. is a freshwater fish of economic importance collected (September 2008) from Haleji Lake, Sindh, Pakistan. Nine acanthocephalan specimens were recovered from its intestine which when compared with literature indicated a new acanthocephalan species, Neoechinorhynchus brayi. The new species is characterized by having medium sized stout body; lacunar system prominent; proboscis small with three circles of hooks, six in each circle, anterior hooks larger, posterior small; proboscis receptacle small; lemnisci unequal; male genitalia situated near the posterior end of the body and the bursa with subterminal pore and two bursal glands.
