During the present investigation, 23 species of fish in Lithuanian inner waters were examined for helminth parasites. Of these, 63 taxa helminths – 56 Plathyhelminthes, five Nematoda, and two Acanthocephales found. Monogenea Gyrodactylus truttae was registered Lithuania first time. Metacercariae flukes Diplostomum sp., Posthodiplostomum cuticula, Tylodelphys clavata found highest number host sp...

AIMS To identify the causative agent of the mortality in the fish, Mugil cephalus, in Muttukadu lagoon. METHODS AND RESULTS An enteric bacterium from the kidneys of moribund fish M. cephalus, was isolated and identified as Enterobacter cloacae (MK). Mugil cephalus was experimentally infected by this isolate and was re-isolated from the kidneys of the moribund fish. Enterobacter cloacae isolat...