title: Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes.
abstract: To identify the isopod parasite, which has been recorded from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes. During the present study, four cymothoid isopods are reported three genera, including Cymothoa eremita, Lobothorax typus, Nerocila longispina and Nerocila loveni. Nerocila longispina and N. loveni are also previously reported from Malaysia and two additional cymothoids C. eremita and L. typus are reported for the first record of Miri coast, East Malaysia. New hosts were identified for N. loveni on Chirocentrus dorab for the first time in the world fauna. The Parasitological indexes were calculated. The site of attachment of the parasites on their hosts was also observed. These parasites can cause the damage in gill, eye and internal organ including swim bladder. Marine fish parasitology is a rapidly developing field of aquatic science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Geology, School of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, CDT 250, 98009 Miri, Sarawak Malaysia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anand Kumar
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Ganapathy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rameshkumar
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Samuthirapandian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: E Rethna
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Priya
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Geology, School of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, CDT 250, 98009 Miri, Sarawak Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ramasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagarajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, CDT 250, 98009 Miri, Sarawak Malaysia.
authors.forename: Alex Goh Kwang
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Leng
keywords: Cymothoid; Isopod; Marine fishes; Miri coast; Occurrence