Table 5.

Infection status of Metagonimus spp. metacercariae in fishes from Tamjin-gang (River) in Jeollanam-do, Korea

Locality and fish sp.	No. of fish examined	No. (%)of fish infected	No. of MsMc detected
			Range	Average
Middle reaches in Jangheung-gun
Zacco temminckii	152	143 (94.1)	1–2,460	65.2
Pungtungia herzi	152	51 (33.6)	1–20	2.4
Zacco platypus	138	110 (79.7)	1–140	16.3
Carassius auratus	116	63 (54.3)	1–924	126.6
Pseudogobio esocinus	86	70 (81.4)	1–86	12.0
Coreoperca kawamebari	84	31 (36.9)	1–61	13.9
Hemibarbus longirostris	77	49 (63.6)	1–45	7.3
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus	54	17 (31.5)	1–7	2.0
Plecoglossus altivelis	52	51 (98.1)	1–5,320	1,339
Acheilognathus lanceolatus	52	1 (1.9)	-	2.0
Odontobutis platycephala	48	7 (14.6)	1–8	3.1
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis	29	6 (13.3)	1–32	8.3
Acheilognathus yamatsutae	23	2 (8.7)	4–5	4.5
Coreoperca herzi	16	3 (18.8)	-	1.0
Acanthorhodeus gracilis	11	10 (90.9)	1–55	31.9
Acheilognathus rhombeus	10	6 (60.0)	1–1,400	417.7
Siniperca scherzeri	6	1 (16.7)	-	1.0
Hemiculter eigenmanni	6	2 (33.3)	-	4.0
Squalidus gracilis majimae	3	3 (100)	1–5	2.7
Subtotal	1,115	626 (56.1)	1–5,320	147
Lower reaches in Gangjin-gun
Zacco platypus	75	70 (93.3)	1–58	8.1
Pungtungia herzi	70	23 (32.9)	1–8	2.4
Carassius auratus	62	54 (87.1)	1–780	38.1
Pseudogobio esocinus	51	41 (80.4)	1–20	5.4
Plecoglossus altivelis	40	40 (100)	26–4,280	841
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinis	33	14 (42.4)	1–17	3.2
Acanthorhodeus macropterus	28	12 (42.9)	1–10	3.2
Zacco temminckii	26	25 (96.2)	1–875	110.3
Odontobutis platycephala	26	5 (19.2)	1–6	2.8
Coreoperca kawamebari	25	9 (36.0)	1–5	1.9
Hemibarbus longirostris	24	19 (79.2)	1–15	4.9
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus	20	3 (15.0)	2–4	3.0
Acheilognathus rhombeus	9	9 (100)	2–67	25.8
Lateolabrax japonicus	2	2 (100)	1–4	2.5
Subtotal	491	326 (66.4)	1–4,280	121
Total	1,606	952 (59.3)	1–5,320	138