Impact of Climate on Parasite Infestation in Wallago Attu (Bloch-Schneider, 1801) and Rita Rita (Hamilton-Buchanan,1822)

In the present investigation, a total of 250 W. attu and 350 R. rita were examined for the investigations on parasite infestation. A total of 11 species of parasites collected and identified from W. attu, one ecto-parasite (Argulus foliaceus) and 10 endo-parasites of which three were trematodes (Isoparorchis hypselobagri, Macrolecithus gotoi, Magnacetabulum trachuri); two nematodes (Contracaecum L3 larva, Cosmoxynemoids aguirrei); one cestode (Polyoncobothrium polypteri) and four acanthocephalas (Echinorhynchus kushiroense, Pallisentis ophiocephali, Acanthocephalus aculeatus, Pallisentis umbellatus).