title: A report on various digenetic metacercariae from the freshwater fishes of River Godavari, Rajahmundry.
abstract: Fishes serve as intermediate hosts to a number of avian digenetic trematodes. A survey on 10 different species of freshwater fishes belonging to 8 families from River Godavari from August 2005 to September 2007 revealed a total of 10 metacercariae of digenetic trematodes from five families i.e., Clinostomidae Lühe, 1901; Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886; Isoparorchiidae (Travassos, 1922); Strigeidae Railliet, 1919 and Heterophyidae (Leiper, 1909) Odhner, 1914. The metacercarial fauna dominated the adult parasitic fauna of the freshwater fishes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 003 Andhra Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Anu Prasanna
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Vankara
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vijayalakshmi