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The present paper deals with a new species of the genus Senga (Dollfus, 1934) from freshwater fish Mastacembelus armatus (L.) Kaigaon toka, Dist Aurangabad (M.S) India, in the month of March 2007. It differs from all the earlier reported species in having scolex triangular, anterior end pointed, rounded and posterior end broad., hooks 36 in number, mature segment broader than longer, test 285-295 in number, cirrus pouch pre-ovarian, obliquely placed.

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Senga Mastacembelus armatus

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Wankhede, H., & Reddy, Y. (2009). On a new species of the genus Senga (Dollfus, 1934) (Cestode: Ptycobothridae, Luhe, 1902) from fresh water fish Mastacembelus armatus. Environment Conservation Journal, 10(3), 63–66. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2009.100312
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