Record of a fatal oomycotic disease of the fresh water fish Anabas cobojius in India caused by Aplanes braunii.
The fresh water fish Anabas cobojius (Hamilton-Buchanan 1822), was found to be parasitised by Aplanes braunii de Bary 1888. It is the first and only report of any Aplanes de Bary to cause disease on any fish. A. braunii was found to be a virulent parasite of A. cobojius causing cotton-wool disease involving the skin and fins. The hyphae also penetrated 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. dgp_pranjit2@sancharnet.in
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D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007194:India; D009868:Oomycetes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010473:Perciformes; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000473:pathology*