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Table 2 List of marine fishes examined from Malabar Coast, India, during the period from November 2009 to November 2012

From: Cymothoa frontalis, a cymothoid isopod parasitizing the belonid fish Strongylura strongylura from the Malabar Coast (Kerala, India): redescription, description, prevalence and life cycle

Serial number

Family

Fish species

Number of fishes examined

Infestation by Cymothoa frontalis

1

Scombridae

Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1817)

1,329

-

Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)

69

-

Scomberomorus guttatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

323

-

Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800)

425

-

Auxis thazard thazard (Lacepede, 1800)

37

-

2

Carangidae

Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)

136

-

Decapterus russelli (Ruppell, 1830)

287

-

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

97

-

Carangoides malabaricus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

64

-

Chorinemus orientalis (Temminck and Schleyel, 1844)

22

-

Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832)

14

-

3

Terapontidae

Terapon jarbua (Forsskal, 1775)

312

-

Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829

89

-

4

Dussumieriidae

Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847

422

-

Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849

122

-

5

Pristigasteridae

Ilisha melastoma (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

798

-

Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847

928

-

Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson, 1839)

222

-

6

Clupeidae

Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)

803

-

Opisthopterus tardoore (Cuvier, 1829)

398

-

Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822)

318

-

Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822)

144

-

Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847)

313

-

Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes, 1847)

89

-

Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849

49

-

Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849)

375

-

Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792)

42

-

Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829)

395

-

Hilsa kelee (Cuvier, 1829)

79

-

Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes, 1847)

284

-

7

Stromateidae

Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788)

131

-

Pampus chinensis (Euphrasen, 1788)

87

-

8

Ambassidae

Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802)

596

-

9

Dasyatidae

Himantura bleekeri (Blyth, 1860)

27

-

10

Megalopidae

Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)

187

-

11

Engraulidae

Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848

280

-

Stolephorus commersonii Lacepede, 1803

859

-

Thryssa dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1848)

366

-

Thryssa malabarica (Bloch, 1795)

502

-

Thryssa mystax (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

381

-

Thryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782)

376

-

12

Ariidae

Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877)

123

-

Hexanematichthys sagor (Hamilton, 1822)

96

-

Arius acutirostris Day, 1877

44

-

13

Hemiramphidae

Hemiramphus far (Forsskal, 1775)

45

-

Hemiramphus lutkei (Valencinnes, 1847)

85

-

Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus Collette, 1976

48

-

14

Belonidae

Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823)

134

+

Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850)

408

-

Tylosurus acus melanotus Bleeker, 1850

19

-

Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Peron and Lesuer, 1821)

94

-

15

Leiognathidae

Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795)

93

-

Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier, 1829)

108

-

Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes, 1835)

35

-

Leiognathus sp

29

-

16

Cynoglossidae

Cynoglossus dubius Day, 1873

306

-

Cynoglossus arel (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

293

-

17

Trichiuridae

Lepturacanthus savala (Cuvier, 1829).

34

-

18

Mugilidae

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

96

-

Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836

39

-

19

Sphyraenidae

Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829

21

-

20

Lutjanidae

Lutjanus johni (Bloch, 1792)

29

-

Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801).

32

-

21

Nemipteridae

Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)

22

-

22

Exocoetidae

Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865)

34

-

Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758

23

-

Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847)

15

-

23

Chanidae

Chanos chanos (Forsskal, 1775)

26

-

24

Carcharhinidae

Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837)

39

-

25

Hemiscyllidae

Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller and Henle, 1838

62

-

26

Chirocentridae

Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskal, 1775)

25

-

27

Muraenidae

Strophidon sathete (Hamilton, 1822)

9

-

28

Muraenesocidae

Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker, 1853)

7

-

29

Sillaginidae

Sillago sihama (Forsskal, 1775)

22

-

30

Menidae

Mene maculata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

29

-

31

Polynemidae

Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804)

32

-

32

Cichlidae

Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1790)

76

-

33

Labridae

Parajulis poecilepterus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1845)

37

-

34

Bagridae

Mystus gulio (Hamilton, 1822)

27

-

35

Rachycentridae

Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)

12

-