New Host Records and Description of the Egg of Anacanthorus penilabiatus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae)

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2001, Volume 96, Number 5, pp. 667-668 New Host Records and Description of the Egg of Anacanthorus penilabiatus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) MC Pamplona-Basilio, A Kohn, VA Feitosa Code Number: oc01103 ABSTRACT: Anacanthorus penilabiatus is referred parasitizing the type-host Piaractus mesopotamicus (Serrasalmidae) and two new hosts, Colossoma macropomum and C. brachypomum (Characidae) from fish ponds of "Departamento Nacional de Obras Contra as Secas", Pentecoste, State of Ceará, Brazil. Table of measurements and the first description of the egg are presented. KEYWORDS: Monogenea, Dactylogyridae, Anacanthorus penilabiatus, fish parasite Copyright 2001 Mem Inst Oswaldo Cru