Neotropical Monogenoidea. 2. The Anacanthorinae Price, 1967, with the proposal of four new species of Anacanthorus Mizelle & Price, 1965. from Amazonian fishes
Abstract Four species of Monogenoidea (Dactylogyridae) are reported from the gills of freshwater fishes from Amazonas, Brasil, as follows: Anacanthorus spatulatus sp. n. from Colossoma bidens (Spix) and C. macropomum (Cuvier), and A. elegans sp. n., A. spiralocirrus melanopterus (Cope). Additionally...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
1979-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Amazonica |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59671979000300355&tlng=en |
| Summary: | Abstract Four species of Monogenoidea (Dactylogyridae) are reported from the gills of freshwater fishes from Amazonas, Brasil, as follows: Anacanthorus spatulatus sp. n. from Colossoma bidens (Spix) and C. macropomum (Cuvier), and A. elegans sp. n., A. spiralocirrus melanopterus (Cope). Additionally, the status of the subfamily Anacanthorinae is discussed, and the diagnosis of Anacanthorus is emended. |
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| ISSN: | 0044-5967 |