P. Vigneshwaran and S. Ravichandran

First record of Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986 parasitizing Euleptorhamphus viridis (van Hasselt, 1823) from India

Santrauka The first record of Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986 parasitizing ribbon halfbeak fish Euleptorhamphus viridis is here reported from the southeast coast of India. The important characters distinguishing M. arrosor from other species in the genus include the body slightly twisted to one side, dorsum weakly convex, coxae of pereonites 6 and 7 distinctly rounded, pleon more completely overlapped by pereonite 7, pleonite 1 scarcely visible in dorsal view, uropod peduncle longer than rami, lacking strongly convex medial and lateral margins. The damage of gill rakers and erosion of gill lamellae were the acute gross lesions observed as a result of isopod infestation.

Doi https://doi.org/10.35513/21658005.2021.1.2

Raktažodžiai cymothoid; Mothocya; fish parasites; first report; India

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