Expanded description of Lamproglena monodi (Copepoda: Lernaeidae), parasitizing native and introduced fishes in Brazil.
An occurrence of the copepod Lamproglena monodi Capart, 1944, parasitizing freshwater fishes in Brazil is presented, along with new morphological data. This crustacean was originally described parasitizing several cichlids in Africa. In the present study, the crustaceans were collected from the body surface and gills of two fish species native to Brazil [Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) and Cichla ocellaris Bloch and Schneider, 1801] and two introduced species [Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)]. The Brazilian specimens exhibited some morphometric intraspecies differences in relation to the specimens from Congo-Kinshasa and Egypt.
Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
Rodney Kozlowiski
RK
de Azevedo
Vanessa Doro
VD
Abdallah
Reinaldo José
RJ
da Silva
Tatiana M Pegado
TM
de Azevedo
Maurício Laterça
ML
Martins
José Luis
JL
Luque
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D033342:Copepoda / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005618:Fresh Water; D008297:Male