“…A review of the parasites of marine, freshwater and farmed fishes of Portugal, [ 11 ] listed eight species of the genus Caligus , C. brevicaudatus Scott, A., 1901, C. diaphanus , C. dicentrarchi Cabral & Raibaut, 1983, C. elongatus von Nordmann, 1832, C. minimus Otto, 1821, C. musaicus Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010, C. pageti Russel, 1925, and C. pelamydis Krøyer, 1863, from Portuguese marine fishes. However, according to [ 9 ], the holotype of Caligus biaculeatus Brian, 1914, collected by [ 1 ] and stored in the collections of the Musée Océanographique in Monaco, were recovered from the specimens of Macrurus and Bathygadus captured during a trawl operation conducted near Madeira archipelago.…”