Parasitic Copepods of Mackerel - and Tuna-like Fishes (Scombridae ...

ABSTRACT
Cressey, Roger, and Hillary Boyle Cressey. Parasitic Copepods of Mackerel- and
Tuna-like Fishes (Scombridae] of the World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,
number 311, 186 pages, 139 figures, 1980.—Forty-six species of parasitic copepods
(one new genus, 8 new species) are reported from all known 46 species of Scombridae
subfamily Scombrinae from the world. Literature records are included only where
host and/or copepod identifications could be verified. Copepod families include:
Bomolochidae; Shiinoidae; Caligidae; Euryphoridae; Tuxophoridae; Pseudocycnidae;
Lernanthropidae; Lerneopodidae. The new bomolochid genus is Unicolax. The new
species are U. collaterals, U. ciliatus, U. reductus, Holobomolochus divaricatus, H.
nudiusculus, and H. asperatus (Bomolochidae) ; Caligus omissus (Caligidae) ; and
Tuxophorus collettei (Tuxophoridae). The genus Pseudocynopsis Yamaguti has
been placed in synonymy with Pseudocycnoides Yamaguti. Lists are included of all
species of the Scombrinae and their geographic distribution, copepods parasitic on
each scombrid species with the relative abundance of each copepod species on each
host species, and the scombrid hosts for each copepod species indicating host
preferences.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE is handstamped in a limited number of initial copies and is
recorded in the Institution's annual report, Smithsonian Year. SERIES COVER DESIGN : The
coral Montastrea cavernosa (Linnaeus).
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Cressey Roger F 1930-
Parasitic copepods of mackerel- and tuna-like fishes (Scombridae) of the world.
(Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 311)
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Hillary Boyle, 1949- joint author. II. Title. III. Series: Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 311.
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