Table 6.

Infection status of Metagonimus spp. metacercariae in susceptible 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
Tamjin-gang in Jangheung-gun
Zacco platypus	138	110 (79.7)	1–140	16.3
Zacco temminckii	152	143 (94.1)	1–2,460	65.2
Carassius auratus	116	63 (54.3)	1–924	126.6
Plecoglossus altivelis	52	51 (98.1)	1–5,320	1,339
Subtotal	458	367 (80.1)	1–5,320	238
Tamjin-gang in Gangjin-gun
Zacco platypus	75	70 (93.3)	1–58	8.1
Zacco temminckii	26	25 (96.2)	1–875	110.3
Carassius auratus	62	54 (87.1)	1–780	38.1
Plecoglossus altivelis	40	40 (100)	26–4,280	841
Subtotal	203	189 (93.1)	1–4,280	205
Total	661	556 (84.1)	1–5,320	227