Dascyllus spp.: new hosts for lymphocystis, and a list of recent hosts.
Lymphocystis disease is reported for the first time from the white-tailed damselfish, Dascyllus aruanus, and the black-tailed humbug, Dascyllus melanurus. Both species are commercially important exotic aquarium fish from the Indo-Australian Pacific. Lymphocystis is recorded again from the copper banded angelfish, Chelmon rostratus. An updated host list for the disease is included.
D000818:Animals; D004267:DNA Viruses; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005399:Fishes; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*