Abstract: The present communication deals with the description of a new species of genus Circumonchobothrium (Shinde, 1968), viz., Circumonchobothrium elichpurii n.sp. from Mastacembellus armatus (Lecepede,1800) in Sapan river at Achalpur in Amravati district of Maharashtra. The present worm differ from the known species of the genus in the shape and size of the scolex, number of hooks and arrangement of rostellum, shape of segment, number of testes, position of cirrus pouch and arrangement of vitellaria.