Neotropical Monogenoidea. 2. The Anacanthorinae Price, 1967, with the proposal of four new species of Anacanthorus Mizelle & Price, 1965. from Amazonian fishes

Abstract Four species of Monogenoidea (Dactylogyridae) are reported from the gills of freshwater fishes from Amazonas, Brasil, as follows: Anacanthorus spatulatus sp. n. from Colossoma bidens (Spix) and C. macropomum (Cuvier), and A. elegans sp. n., A. spiralocirrus melanopterus (Cope). Additionally, the status of the subfamily Anacanthorinae is discussed, and the diagnosis of Anacanthorus is emended.

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Main Authors: Kritsky,D. C., Thatcher,V. E., Kayton,R. J.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 1979
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59671979000300355
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