Aplanes braunii (Phylum Oomycota) causes mortality in Anabas cobojius.
The fresh water fish Anabas cobojius (Hamilton-Buchanan 1822), was found to be parasitised by Aplanes braunii de Bary 1888. It is the first report of Aplanes braunii to cause disease on any fish. A. braunii is a virulent parasite that caused cotton-wool disease involving the skin, fins and muscles of A. cobojius. The hyphae also penetrated deep into the tissues of the infected fish and all of them ultimately died.
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D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D007194:India; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology; D009868:Oomycetes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010471:Perches