Presence of Conchoderma auritum and C. virgatum (Maxillopoda, Lepadidae) and Gloiopotes huttoni (Copepoda, Caligidae) on the black marlin, from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Abstract

Abstract This is the first report of coexistence of pedunculate barnacles, Conchoderma auritum and C. virgatum in the mouth, and with the copepod Gloiopotes huttoni in the precaudal zone, on the black marlin, Istiompax indica, a as host. This is also the first note of a new non-mammalian host for C. auritum. The host specimen was caught in sport fishing in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, eastern Pacific. A review of registered occurrences of the genus Conchoderma in species of the fish family Istiophoridae is provided.