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First Data on the Parasites of the Pacific Kingcroaker Menticirrhus elongatus (Perciformes: Sciaenidae): Description of a New Species of Rhamnocercoides (Dactylogyridea: Diplectanidae)

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Introduction

A new monogenean, Rhamnocercoides lambayequensis n. sp. (Dactylogyridea: Diplectanidae), is described based on the specimens collected from the gills of the Pacific kingcroaker Menticirrhus elongatus (Günther 1864) (Perciformes: Sciaenidae), a demersal fish endemic to Eastern Pacific, captured off the South American Pacific coast, Lambayeque Region, Peru.

Materials and Methods

Monogeneans were fixed in hot 4% formalin. Some monogeneans were transferred directly onto a slide in a drop of glycerin–ammonium picrate mixture (GAP). Others were mounted stained with Gomori’s trichrome in Canada balsam. Drawings were made using of a drawing tube.

Results

The new species is mainly characterized by its MCO, which is tubular and straight, with external (distally expanded and bifurcated) and internal tubes (distally uncovered by external tube). Rhamnocercoides lambayequensis n. sp. is also characterized by having the following features: a weakly sclerotized almost pyriform vagina; haptoral acicular spines with expanded distal portion and by having a small group of haptoral accessory spines associated with haptoral lobes arranged as spikes.

Conclusions

This is the first data on the parasites of M. elongatus, a little known, but popular fish in local markets. The present finding brings to two, the number of known species of Rhamnocercoides Luque and Iannacone 1991, and represents the sixth described marine diplectanid species infecting sciaenid fishes from Peru.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Lidia Sánchez (MUSM) for allowing us access to specimens under their care. The authors are grateful to the following people who helped to the collection of fishes in Peru: Ivette Cuellar, Eva G. Huancachoque, Alexander Reyes, Milagros Carrillo, and Cynthia E. Rodríguez, all from the National University Federico Villarreal (UNFV). Jhon D. Chero and Celso L. Cruces were supported by a student fellowship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Ensino Superior, Brazil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001. José L. Luque was supported by a Researcher fellowship from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil (CNPq).

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil

    Jhon D. Chero & Celso L. Cruces

  2. Laboratorio de Parasitología General y Especializada, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (UNFV), El Agustino, Lima, Código postal 15007, Peru

    Gloria Sáez

  3. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, CEP 23851-970, Brazil

    José L. Luque

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The study was designed by JDC, CLC, and JLL. Collection of parasites was performed by JDC, CLC, and GS. Laboratories were performed by JDC, CLC, and GS. The manuscript was written by JDC and CLC and subsequently revised by all other authors.

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Chero, J.D., Cruces, C.L., Sáez, G. et al. First Data on the Parasites of the Pacific Kingcroaker Menticirrhus elongatus (Perciformes: Sciaenidae): Description of a New Species of Rhamnocercoides (Dactylogyridea: Diplectanidae). Acta Parasit. 66, 1246–1250 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-021-00388-2

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