Occurrence of Caligus asperimanus Pearse, 1951 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic Lutjanus spp. (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) in the western South Atlantic

Abstract

Sea lice are widespread copepods in marine teleost around the world. In this paper the first record of Caligus asperimanus Pearse, 1951 in the Western South Atlantic is documented parasitizing Lutjanus jocu and Lutjanus vivanus caught from coastal zones of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro State, respectively.

First record of Caligus dussumieri Rangnekar, 1957 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) from Malaysia, with notes on caligids found from Malaysia and on host-specificity of caligids on lutjanid fishes

“…Species of Caligus , belonging to the bonito -group, are known from a variety of lutjanid hosts around the world. Caligus asperimanus and C. mutabilis exhibit a broad distribution and host range, having been reported from up to seven different lutjanid hosts in different regions, including Belize ( Cressey 1991 ), the Bahamas, Brazil ( Oliveira et al 2020 ) and India ( Pilla et al 2012 ). While about three-quarters of reports of species of the bonito -group infecting lutjanids originated from North and South America, four species have been documented as infecting commercially exploited lutjanids from Asia, including L. johnii recorded from the coast of India ( Pilla et al 2012 ), L. malabaricus from the Malacca Strait and Terengganu Coast, Malaysia ( Leong 1984 ), L. argentimaculatus from the Philippines ( Ho et al 2004 ) and L. russellii from Taiwan ( Ho and Lin 2004 ).…”

Global distribution patterns of Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) associated to teleost fishes, with physiological and histopathological data and description of treatment strategies

“…Caligidae Burmeister, 1835 are parasitic copepods that are distributed around the world. This family comprises 31 valid genera and more than 500 species (Öktener et al 2016, Ho et al 2016, Oliveira et al 2020, Hemmingsen et al 2020, Hamdi et al 2021a, which predominantly utilize marine and brackish fish as their hosts. In marine and brackish water fish, members of the Caligidae family caused 61.0% of infestations (Hemmingsen et al 2020).…”

“…In marine and brackish water fish, members of the Caligidae family caused 61.0% of infestations (Hemmingsen et al 2020). Members of this family occupy a privileged place in the world of parasitism because of their extraordinary adaptive capacity, and are predominantly external parasites, mainly of fishes (Oliveira et al 2020).…”