Redescriptions of two species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) parasitic on teleost marine fishes from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

Two species of Lepeophtheirus Nordmann, 1832 parasitic on the ariid fish Netuma barba Lacépède, 1803, and the bothiid fish Paralichthys sp. from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, are redescribed and illustrated: L. bagri Dana, 1852, and L. monacanthus Heller, 1865. New junior synonyms for these species are proposed: L. marginatus syn.n., L. christianensis syn.n. and L. platensis syn.n. of L. bagri and L. unispinosus syn.n. of L. monacanthus.

Copepoda; Caligidae; Lepeophtheirus bagri; Lepeophtheirus monacanthus; Ariidae; Bothiidae; Netuma barba; Paralichthys; Brazil