title: Species of Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan.
abstract: 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 Decrapterts 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach 90840-3702, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D012623:Seawater; D013624:Taiwan