Abstract
A new species Genarchopsis heckmanni is described from freshwater fish Channa O. striatus purchased from Thatta fish market, Sindh, Pakistan. The new species differs in possessing a large voluminous, hen’s egg-shaped ‘metraterm’ like structure which is packed with thousands of eggs, yellowish brown in colour. Additionally the new species can also be distinguished by its larger body size, sucker size, shape and position of gonads.

Syed Muhammad Hassan Mehdi Naqvi, Rafia Rehana Ghazi, Noor-un- Nisa, Aly khan. (2011) GENARCHOPSIS HECKMANNI SP. N. (TREMATODA: HEMIUROIDEA) FROM CHANNA O. STRIATUS IN THATTA, SINDH, PAKISTAN, , Volume 08, Issue 3.
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