Table 3.

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

Locality and fish sp.	No. of fish examined	No. (%)of fish infected	No. of MsMc detected
			Range	Average
Seomjin-gang in Gurye-gun
Zacco platypus	24	24 (100)	6–520	126.3
Pungtungia herzi	21	14 (66.7)	1–8	2.6
Squalidus japonicus coreanus	15	12 (80.0)	1–10	3.7
Zacco koreanus	14	11 (78.6)	3–290	64.0
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis	14	13 (92.9)	1–52	13.6
Opsariichthys uncirostris	13	13 (100)	52–495	143.8
Acheilognathus rhombeus	11	10 (90.9)	17–150	54.0
Coreoperca herzi	10	4 (40.0)	1–3	1.8
Hemibarbus labeo	10	3 (30.0)	-	1.0
Squalidus gracilis majimae	8	5 (62.5)	1–2	1.4
Pseudogobio esocinus	7	7 (100)	6–62	28.1
Microphysogobio koeensis	6	6 (100)	2–22	6.2
Acanthorhodeus gracilis	5	4 (80.0)	10–58	37.5
Abbottina rivularis	5	1 (20.0)	-	2.0
Plecoglossus altivelis	3	3 (100)	6,280–10,750	8,727
Pseudorasbora parva	3	3 (100)	4–31	15.7
Hemibarbus longirostris	1	1 (100)	-	3.0
Subtotal	170	134 (78.8)	1–10,750	246.5
Hoengcheon in Hadong-gun
Zacco koreanus	35	35 (100)	1–5,860	369.2
Zacco platypus	27	27 (100)	2–1,510	115.3
Acheilognathus koreensis	20	1 (5.0)	-	1.0
Pungtungia herzi	16	7 (43.8)	1–3	2.1
Coreoperca herzi	11	5 (45.5)	1–2	1.4
Zacco temminckii	10	10 (100)	6–480	156.5
Hemibarbus longirostris	8	8 (100)	2–145	63.0
Pseudogobio esocinus	7	6 (85.7)	4–16	8.5
Abbottina springeri	7	4 (57.1)	3–358	97.8
Coreoleuciscus splendidus	4	3 (75.0)	-	1.0
Squalidus gracilis majimae	1	1 (100)	-	1.0
Subtotal	146	107 (73.3)	1–5,860	173.6
Namsancheon in Hadong-gun
Zacco koreanus	57	57 (100)	1–2,860	104.3
Pseudogobio esocinus	46	4 (8.7)	1–2	1.3
Zacco platypus	41	41 (100)	3–101	27.4
Pungtungia herzi	35	7 (20.0)	1–7	2.3
Hemibarbus longirostris	14	1 (7.1)	-	1.0
Zacco temminckii	11	11 (100)	2–580	104.5
Squalidus gracilis majimae	3	1 (33.3)	-	1.0
Subtotal	207	122 (58.9)	1–2,860	67.5
Total	523	363 (69.4)	1–10,750	165