Cymothoa meager isopods and Nerocila acuminata ( Isopoda : cymothoidae ) , ectoparasites of Parapsettus panamensis ( Ephippidae ) , Pacific Bumper ( Carangidae ) and Stellifer ericymba ( Sciaenidae ) Honduras Pacific
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Cymothoa exigua, Marine ectoparasite, Golf of Fonseca Honduras, isopod, Nerocila acuminata.Abstract
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.
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