Open AccessCymothoa meager isopods and Nerocila acuminata ( Isopoda : cymothoidae ) , ectoparasites of Parapsettus panamensis ( Ephippidae ) , Pacific Bumper ( Carangidae ) and Stellifer ericymba ( Sciaenidae ) Honduras Pacific
Author(s) -
Anarda Isabel Salgado,
Julio F. Enrique Mérida,
Glauber Cruz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cuadernos de investigación uned/cuadernos de investigación uned
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1659-4266
pISSN - 1659-441X
DOI - 10.22458/urj.v7i2.1157
Subject(s) - carangidae , biology , exigua , isopoda , fishery , crustacean , fish <actinopterygii> , spodoptera , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
We report the ectoparasitic isopod crustaceans Cymothoa exigua y Nerocila acuminata in fish from the Pacific of Honduras. C. exigua was in the gills and tongue of Parapsettus panamensis and Chloroscombrus orqueta which is a new host record, like Stellifer ericymba which had N. acuminata in the pelvic fins. All specimens are from Golfo de Fonseca: 54 C. exigua and one ovigerous male of N. acuminata.