Table 2.

Comparative measurements of Camallanus cotti of present study with those already recorded

Host fish	Body(µm)		Buccal capsule(µm)		Oesophagus length(µm)		Prongs of tridents length(µm)	Collection site
	length	Width	length	width	muscular	glandular
Barilius bola	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	North Bengal, India(present study)
	1698–3450	87.439-186.332	83.64-90	72.44–79.58	372.90–376	470–472	62.71–70.1
	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female
	3428–7726	213–310	100–134	93.2-122.40	392–564	523–672	101–123
Awaous guamensis)	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	New Caledonia, South Pacific (Moravec and Justine 2006)
	2600–3630	163–231	96–105	87–93	340–381	367–517	66–81
	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female
	7000–9440	367–490	147–174	129–150	517–653	571–666	135–156
Beta splendens and Poecilia reticulata	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Brazil(Menezes et al. 2006)
	3440–4240	171–220	83–100	76–102	332–377	441–490	65–93
	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female
	7429–9238	293–336	132–147	122–157	519–588	588–752	72–122