Nagasawa, K., K. Suzuki & F. Muto. (2022). Grub fish Parapercis sexfasciata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), the second non-serranid host record for a marine fish parasite Lernaeenicus ramosus Kirtisinghe, 1956 (Copepoda: Pennellidae). Crustacean Research. 51:147–152. [online 2022].

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10.18353/crustacea.51.0_147 [view]

Nagasawa, K., K. Suzuki & F. Muto

2022

51:147–152. [online 2022]

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The pennellid copepod Lernaeenicus ramosus Kirtisinghe, 1956 is a marine ?sh parasite in the Indo-West Paci?c region. Serranid ?shes (Perciformes) are the major hosts of L. ramosus, and as its non-serranid host, a single blenniid ?sh (Blenniiformes) is known from Australia. A metamorphosed ovigerous female of L. ramosus was collected from a grub ?sh, Parapercis sexfasciata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), in coastal waters of Suruga Bay, an inlet of the western North Paci?c Ocean, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. This represents a new and the second non-serranid host records for L. ramosus and it is also the ?rst record from a pinguipedid ?sh. The female is brie?y described. A pennellid copepod previously reported as lPennella sp.z from the same host species from the Iyo-Nada Sea, part of the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan, is considered to be L. ramosus.

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