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. 2019 Jun 30;57(3):273–281. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2019.57.3.273

Table 2.

Infection status of trematode metacercariae by fish species caught Woopo-neup (swamp) in Changnyung-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea

Trematode fish sp. infected No. of fish examined No. of fish infected (%) No. of metacercariae detected

Range Average
Clonorchis sinensis
Pseudorasbora parva 40 11 (27.5) 1–17 4.6
Hemiculter eigenmanni 6 2 (33.3) - 1.0
 Subtotal 46 13 (28.3) 1–17 4.1

Echinostoma spp.
Pseudorasbora parva 40 38 (95.0) 1–145 25.7
Lepomis macrochirus 28 20 (71.4) 1–9 3.1
Carassius auratus 20 18 (90.0) 1–58 17.4
Erythroculter erythropterus 16 13 (81.3) 1–25 10.2
Micropterus salmoides 15 13 (86.7) 1–23 10.1
Hemiculter eigenmanni 6 4 (66.7) 1–6 3.0
Cyprinus carpio 2 2 (100) 125–132 128.5
 Subtotal 127 108 (85.0) 1–145 17.5

Metorchis orientalis
Pseudorasbora parva 40 30 (75.0) 1–11 2.7
Micropterus salmoides 15 1 (6.7) - 2.0
 Subtotal 55 31 (56.4) 1–11 2.7

Clinostomum complanatum
Pseudorasbora parva 40 3 (7.5) 1–2 1.7
Diplostomum spp.
Pseudorasbora parva 40 28 (70.0) 1–7 2.4
Lepomis macrochirus 28 1 (3.6) - 2.0
Carassius auratus 20 3 (15.0) 1–4 2.3
Erythroculter erythropterus 16 8 (50.0) 1–5 2.4
Hemiculter eigenmanni 6 2 (33.3) - 1.0
Cyprinus carpio 2 1 (50.0) - 6.0
 Subtotal 112 43 (38.4) 1–7 2.4

Cyathocotyle orientalis
Pseudorasbora parva 40 40 (100) 7–252 60.1
Micropterus salmoides 15 3 (20.0) 1–6 2.7
Hemiculter eigenmanni 6 1 (16.7) - 1.0
 Subtotal 61 44 (72.1) 1–252 54.8