title: Parasitic copepods from Egyptian Red Sea fishes: Bomolochidae Claus, 1875.
abstract: Two species of parasitic copepods from the genus Bomolochus von Nordmann, 1832 (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) are redescribed in detail, based on material collected from the gills of Red Sea fishes. Host material was caught at El-tor, near Sharm El-Sheikh, and in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Both sexes of Bomolochus bellones Burmeister, 1835 were collected from the gills of a needlefish Tylosurus choram (Rüppell) caught in the Gulf of Suez. This is a new host record. The female is well characterised so only the male is described. Adult females of Bomolochus minus Lin & Ho, 2005 were obtained from the branchial cavities and gills of mojarra Gerres oyena (Forsskål). This species was known only from its original description in Taiwan, and this report constitutes a new host record and a significant range extension. Both parasite species are new records for Egyptian Red Sea waters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oceanography, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Moharram Bey, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hoda Hassan
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: El-Rashidy
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW 7 5BD, UK. g.boxshall@nhm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Geoffrey Allan
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Boxshall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033342:Copepoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity