Type host	Labeo rohita vern. rohu
Type locality	Kanjali wetland, Punjab, India
Type specimen	Paratypes are spores stained in Ziehl–Neelsen and iron–haematoxylin, deposited in the museum of department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala. Slide no. CM/P/ZN/21.04.2009 and CM/P/IH 11.08.2009.
Site of infection	Scales
Prevalence of infection	56.4% (35/62)
Etymology	The species epithet saugati has been given after the name of the Dr. Saugata Basu, an eminent worker of Protozoology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India.