title: Checklist of the helminth parasites of the genus Profundulus Hubbs, 1924 (Cyprinodontiformes, Profundulidae), an endemic family of freshwater fishes in Middle-America.
abstract: From December 2012 to November 2014, 267 fish belonging to the family Profundulidae (representing nine of the 11 species of the genus Profundulus) were collected in 26 localities of Middle-America, across southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, comprising the distribution range of the genus, and analyzed for helminth parasites. Additionally, a database with all ten available published accounts of the helminth parasite fauna of this genus (the only genus within the family) was assembled. Based on both sources of information, a checklist containing all the records was compiled as a tool to address future questions in the areas of evolutionary biology, biogeography, ecology and phylogeography of this host-parasite association. The helminth parasite fauna of this fish group consists of 20 nominal species, classified in 17 genera and 14 families. It includes six species of adult digeneans, five metacercariae, two monogeneans, one adult cestode, three adult nematodes and three larval nematodes. The profundulid fishes are parasitized by a specialized group of helminth species (e.g. Paracreptotrema blancoi sensu Salgado-Maldonado et al. (2011b), Paracreptotrema profundulusi Salgado-Maldonado, Caspeta-Mandujano & Martínez Ramírez, 2011, Phyllodistomum spinopapillatum Pérez-Ponce de León, Pinacho-Pinacho, Mendoza-Garfias & García-Varela, 2015, Spinitectus humbertoi Mandujano-Caspeta & Moravec, 2000, Spinitectus mariaisabelae Caspeta-Mandujano Cabañas-Carranza & Salgado-Maldonado, 2007 and Rhabdochona salgadoi Mandujano-Caspeta & Moravec, 2000), representing the core helminth fauna that are not shared with other Middle-American fish species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México ; Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C.P. 04510, México, D.F., México.
authors.forename: Carlos Daniel
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Pinacho-Pinacho
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México.
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Varela
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México.
authors.forename: Jesús S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hernández-Orts
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Palmero
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México.
authors.forename: Ana L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sereno-Uribe
authors.affiliation:  Departamento de Investigación, Área de Acuacultura, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Hornos Núm. 1003, Col. Noche Buena, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, 71230 Oaxaca, México.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez-Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México.
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andrade-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Jiménez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernández-Cruz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, C. P. 14510, México, D. F., México.
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pérez-Ponce de León
keywords: Cestoda; Digenea; Killifish; Middle-America; Monogenea; Nematoda; Profundulidae