Creptotrema agonostomi n. sp. (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae) from the intestine of freshwater fish of México.
Creptotrema agonostomi n. sp. is described from the mugilid fish Agonostomus monticola from Río Cuitzmala, Jalisco, east México, from Río Las Palmas and Río Máquinas, Veracruz, west México, and from the ictalurid, Ictalurus balsanus from Río Chontalcoatlán, Guerrero, east México. It is distinguished from other species of Creptotrema by its small size, large acetabulum with vertical incision, cirrus sac not reaching the posterior border of acetabulum, and very small eggs, measuring 0.041-0.057 x 0.020-0.033 mm.
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D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D005618:Fresh Water; D007059:Ictaluridae / Q000469:parasitology*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008800:Mexico; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*