Taborda, N.L., J.R. Lima, V.S. Pinheiro, D.R. Alves & A.R. Senna. (2014). Copépodes e isópodes parasitos de nove espécies de peixes marinhos (Osteichthyes) do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. [Copepods and isopods parasitic on nine species of marine fish (Osteichthyes) from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.]. Cadernos UniFOA, Volta Redonda. 9(25):105-111.
Cop�podes e is�podes parasitos de nove esp�cies de peixes marinhos (Osteichthyes) do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. [Copepods and isopods parasitic on nine species of marine fish (Osteichthyes) from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.]
Cadernos UniFOA, Volta Redonda
9(25):105-111.
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From February 2009 and June 2012, 368 specimens of nine species of marine fishes (Osteichthyes) collected from coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro (21° - 23° S, 41° - 45° W), were necropsied to study their copepod and isopod parasite fauna. Were identified 11 species of Copepoda and three species of Isopoda parasites. Eight hundred fifty-two specimens of copepod and four of isopod were collected. The most prevalent and abundant among the parasite crustaceans was Taeniacanthus lagocephali Pearse, 1952, while Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 was the fish species with the greatest diversity of ectoparasites species. The genera Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 and Mothocya Hope, 1851 are recorded for the first time from Brazil in this study.
