Study was performed in aiming to detect the occurrence of pseudodactylogyrus
spp. worms on gills of eels Fish ( Anguilla Anguilla L) in Al kabeer Al shamali River.
Fish samples were collectedfrom different places of Al kabeer Al shamali river,
ran
domlytwice a season , during the period from 28/1/2013 until 15/8/2013.
Eels fish were minimally distributed 5.17% inAl kabeer Al shamali River.
The study has shown presence of one species ofpseudodactylogyruson the gills of
eels fish is: pseudodactylogyrusanguillae,
This speices is classified for the first time in Syria in this study.
