Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ()

First report of Artystone trysibia (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) in Caquetaia spectabilis (Cichliformes: Cichlidae)

  • Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira,
  • Pedro Hugo Esteves-Silva,
  • Marcelo Costa Andrade,
  • Marcos Tavares-Dias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-29612019030

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Abstract The present study provides the first record of an isopod parasite (Artystone trysibia) on Caquetaia spectabilis, a cichlid from the eastern Amazon collected in the State of Amapá, northern Brazil. In May 2018, specimens of C. spectabilis were collected in the lower Jari River, and 33.3% were parasitized by A. trysibia on the tegument tissue between pelvic fins. No hemorrhage or injury signals were observed in the tegument of the host. This study also expanded the distribution of A. trysibia to the eastern Amazon.

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