First record of Cymothoa indica (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) infecting the cultured catfish Mystus gulio in India

Global diversity of fish parasitic isopod crustaceans of the family Cymothoidae

“…However, transmission of the parasite could be prevented by using small-sized mesh nets around the cages to hinder the swimming larvae from getting to the fish (Rajkumar et al, 2005a). Other management practices include changing fouled nets, placing the cages in stronger currents, lowering the water temperatures and placing them in greater depths to discourage the isopods who seem to thrive with the opposites of these conditions (Papapanagiotou et al, 1999; Papapanagiotou and Trilles, 2001).…”

First record of the Indo-Pacific Cymothoa indica (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a Lessepsian species in the Mediterranean Sea

“…Site of infection: Mainly in mouth, sometimes in the branchial cavities and more rarely on the body. Distribution: Previous reliable records are entirely from the Indian Ocean: Bangkok, Thailand (Schioedte and Meinert 1884), and India, Chilka Lake (Chilton 1924); Madras (Panikkar and Aiyar 1937); Parangipettai (Veerapan and Ravichandran 2000;Rajkumar et al 2004Rajkumar et al , 2005a. There is also mention from Australia (Hale 1926) but this record is to be verified.…”

“…They were deposited in the Natural History Museum collection of the American University of Beirut (AUBM), Lebanon. Cymothoa indica was identified according to Schioedte and Meinert (1884), Pillai (1954), Trilles (1975), Veerapan and Ravichandran (2000) and Rajkumar et al (2004Rajkumar et al ( , 2005a. When needed, fish names were updated according to Froese and Pauly (2005).…”

<i>Nerocila phaiopleura</i>, a cymothoid isopod parasitic on Pacific bluefin tuna, <i>Thunnus orientalis</i>, cultured in Japan

“…Nerocila phaiopleura is the third cymothoid species in Japanese finfish mariculture. Cymothoids have been reported to infect maricultured fishes in other countries as well (see Horton & Okamura, 2001): Ceratothoa gaudichaudii (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) in Chile (Sievers et al, 1996); Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1826) in Croatia (Šarušic, 1999;Mladineo et al, 2009) and Turkey (Horton & Okamura, 2001, 2003; Emetha audouini (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) and Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828) in Greece (Papapanagiotou et al, 1999;Papapanagiotou & Trilles, 2001); and Cymothoa indica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 in India (Rajkumar et al, 2005a(Rajkumar et al, , 2005b.…”