Table 2.

Infection status of Metagonimus spp. metacercariae in freshwater fish from the middle reaches of Seomjin-gang (River)

Locality and fish sp.	No. of fish examined	No. (%)of fish infected	No. of MsMc detected
			Range	Average
Songdaecheon in Namwon-si
Zacco koreanus	57	56 (98.3)	2–334	60.5
Pungtungia herzi	47	10 (21.3)	1–4	2.0
Zacco platypus	46	45 (97.8)	1–175	28.4
Rhynchocypris oxycephalus	21	1 (4.8)	-	1.0
Microphysogobio koeensis	5	1 (20.0)	-	4.0
Carassius auratus	3	1 (33.3)	-	1.0
Gnathopogon strigatus	2	2 (100)	1–8	4.5
Squalidus gracilis majimae	2	2 (100)	-	1.0
Subtotal	183	118 (64.5)	1–334	39.9
Seomjin-gang in Gokseong-gun
Zacco koreanus	52	41 (78.9)	1–124	18.0
Zacco platypus	43	43 (100)	1–130	23.4
Coreoleuciscus splendidus	37	15 (40.5)	1–6	1.9
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus	31	21 (67.7)	1–15	3.8
Squalidus japonicus coreanus	27	22 (81.5)	1–10	2.7
Pungtungia herzi	22	13 (59.1)	1–5	2.3
Hemibarbus longirostris	20	19 (95.5)	1–33	12.0
Microphysogobio koeensis	16	8 (50.0)	1–4	2.4
Pseudogobio esocinus	16	13 (81.3)	1–65	12.9
Coreoperca herzi	11	2 (18.2)	2–5	3.5
Acheilognathus majusculus	5	4 (80.0)	3–9	5.0
Plecoglossus altivelis	2	2 (100)	1,370–4,380	2,875
Hemibarbus labeo	2	2 (100)	2–9	5.5
Opsariichthys amurensis	2	2 (100)	11–762	386.5
Subtotal	286	207 (72.4)	1–4,380	43.1
Total	469	325 (69.3)	1–4,380	41.9