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Cuadernos de Investigación UNED

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Abstract

SALGADO, Anarda Isabel; MERIDA, Julio Enrique  and  CRUZ, Gustavo Adolfo. Los isópodos Cymothoa exigua y Nerocila acuminata (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), ectoparásitos de Parapsettus panamensis (Ephippidae), Chloroscombrus orqueta (Carangidae) y Stellifer ericymba (Sciaenidae) del Pacífico de Honduras. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED [online]. 2015, vol.7, n.2, pp.301-304. ISSN 1659-4266.

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.

Keywords : Cymothoa exigua; Marine ectoparasite; Golf of Fonseca Honduras; isopod; Nerocila acuminata.

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