Abstract
Three new species of monogeneans parasitic on the gills and esophagus of Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Southern Brazilian coast are described h...
Highlights
Monogenea is a relatively understudied group of parasites of marine fish from Neotropical region
Monogeneans are only approximately 14% of the total number of parasite-host associations recorded in marine fish from Neotropics, and are approximately 18% of the parasite-host associations in Brazilian fishes (LUQUE; POULIN, 2007)
Numerous specimens of monogenean parasitic on cutlassfish from Guanabara Bay were collected in the Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and three new species were described in the present paper
Summary
Monogenea is a relatively understudied group of parasites of marine fish from Neotropical region. Numerous specimens of monogenean parasitic on cutlassfish from Guanabara Bay were collected in the Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and three new species were described in the present paper.
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