Study of a New Species of Trematode Parasite Found in the Fresh Water Fish Rita Rita from River Ganga at Kanpur

Abstract

This new species has been found in Rita rita fish collected from river Ganga at Kanpur. The trematode parasite was identified as Nocolla sinhaei and compared with all known species of genus Nicolla fotedari and Nicolla wisiniewski 1934 in having genital pore form hind end of the ventral sucker to a little sucker to the ventral.