Abstract
Alloencotyllabe caranxi n. g., n. sp. is found in groups of 9–15 specimens attached close together to the lower pharyngeal plate of Caranx sp. It is characterized by having an elongate body, a prohaptor with large spines, an armed penis which lies in a pouch and a vaginal pouch guarded by two sets of glands. Encotyllabe kuwaitensis n. sp. is attached individually to the lower pharyngeal plate of Caranx sp. It is characterized by having an elongate body and tandem testes. E. spari is reported from the lower pharyngeal tooth plate of Plectorhynchus cinctus, P. pictus and P. schotaf. All fish hosts were caught in Kuwaiti waters in the Arabian Gulf. The subfamily Encotyllabinae is reviewed and the genus Neoencotyllabe is regarded as a genus inquirendum. The new genus is attached to the subfamily Encotyllabinae.
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Khalil, L.F., Abdul-Salam, J.B. The subfamily Encotyllabinae (Monogenea: Capsalidae) with the description of Alloencotyllabe caranxi n. g., n. sp. and Encotyllabe kuwaitensis n. sp.. Syst Parasitol 11, 139–150 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00012264
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