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.
Department of Botany, Burdwan Raj College, Burdwan-713 104, West Bengal, India.
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D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D007194:India; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology; D009868:Oomycetes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010471:Perches