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Species of Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan

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Six species of copepods of the genus Caligus (Caligidae, Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan are reported. They are: C. absens n. sp. from Priacanthus blochii and P. macracanthus; C. epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936 from Scolopsis vosmeri; C. kanagurta Pillai, 1961 from Decapterus kurroides; C. laticaudus Shiino, 1960 from Lutjanus vitta and Parapristiopoma trilineatum; C. nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 from Triacanthus biaculeatus; and C. rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 from Drepane punctata, Liza macrolepis and Terapon jarbua. C. distortus Pillai & Natarajan, 1977 is relegated to a synonym of C. nengai and C. multispinosus Shen, 1957 reported by Lin et al. (1994) from the cultured sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegeli is a misidentification for C. rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, California, 90840-3702, USA

    Ju-shey Ho

  2. Department of Aquaculture, National Chiayi Institute of Technology, Chiayi, 60083, Taiwan

    Ching-Long Lin

  3. Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10764, Taiwan

    Shiu-Nan Chen

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Ho, Js., Lin, CL. & Chen, SN. Species of Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. Syst Parasitol 46, 159–179 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006342120411

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