Thoracocotylidae Price, 1936

Kohn, Anna, Cohen, Simone C. & Salgado-Maldonado, Guillermo, 2006, Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, Zootaxa 1289 (1289), pp. 1-114 : 65-67

Family Thoracocotylidae Price, 1936

Mexicotyle mexicana ( Meserve, 1938) Lebedev, 1984

Syn: Pseudaxine mexicana Meserve, 1938

Hosts, site and localities:

Scomberomorus brasiliensis Collete, Russo & Zavalla­Camim (gills)

Veracruz, Sonora, Guerrero and Nayarit ( Bravo­Hollis 1953; Rohde & Hayward 1999), Mexico

Scomberomorus cavalla (gills)

Tongue of the ocean (Rohde and Hayward 1999), Bahamas

off Jamaica (Rohde and Hayward 1999), Jamaica

Veracruz, Sonora, Guerrero and Nayarit ( Bravo­Hollis 1953; Rohde and Hayward 1999), Mexico

La Parguera ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

off Jamac (Rohde and Hayward 1999), Trinidad

Scomberomorus concolor (Lockington) (gills)

Veracruz, Sonora, Guerrero and Nayarit (Rohde & Hayward 1999), Mexico Scomberomorus maculatus (gills)

Oaxaca and Veracruz ( Meserve 1938; Bravo­Hollis 1953; Bravo­Hollis 1989), Mexico

Scomberomorus regalis (gills)

Veracruz, Sonora, Guerrero and Nayarit (Rohde and Hayward 1999), Mexico La Parguera ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico Scomberomorus sierra (gills)

Scomberomorus tritor (Cuvier) (gills)

Veracruz, Sonora, Guerrero and Nayarit (Rohde and Hayward 1999), Mexico Remarks: Rohde & Hayward (1999) stated that “the type host of this species must be Scomberomorus sierra rather than S. maculatus , as the former is the only one which occur in this area.

Neothoracocotyla acanthocybii ( Meserve, 1938) Hargis, 1956

Syn: Gotocotyla acanthocybii Meserve, 1938

Host, site and localities:

Acanthocybium solandri (gills)

off North Pacific Island ( Hayward and Rohde 1999b), Panama

Unknown ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Scomberocotyle scomberomori (Koratha, 1955) Hargis, 1956

Syn: Microcotyle scomberomori Koratha, 1955

Hosts, site and localities:

Scomberomorus cavalla (gills)

Unknown ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Scomberomorus concolor (gills)

Sonora ( Hayward and Rohde 1999b), Mexico

Scomberomorus maculatus (gills)

Campeche and Veracruz ( Bravo­Hollis 1984b), Mexico

Scomberomorus sierra (gills)

off El Protero, Jiquilisco ( Hayward and Rohde 1999b), El Salvador

Sonora ( Hayward and Rohde 1999b), Mexico

off Chame Point ( Hayward and Rohde 1999b), Panama

Thoracocotyle crocea Mac Callum, 1913

Hosts, site and localities:

Scomberomorus brasiliensis (gills)

Caribbean Sea, off Chame Point, Fox Bay, Colon ( Hayward and Rohde 1999a), Panama

Scomberomorus concolor (gills)

Veracruz ( Lamothe­Argumedo et al. 1996), Mexico Scomberomorus maculatus (gills) Oaxaca, Sonora, Nayarit, Jalisco and Guerrero ( Meserve 1938; Hayward and Rohde 1999a), Mexico Scomberomorus regalis (gills) Off Dominica, British West Indies ( Hayward and Rohde 1999a), Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea, off Chame Point, Fox Bay, Colon ( Hayward and Rohde 1999a), Panama Unknown ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico Scomberomorus sierra (gills) Oaxaca, Sonora, Veracruz, Nayarit, Jalisco and Guerrero ( Bravo­Hollis and Lamothe­Argumedo 1976; Lamothe­Argumendo et al. 1996; Hayward and Rohde 1999a), Mexico off El Protero, Jiquilisco, off Saite ( Hayward and Rohde 1999a), El Salvador Caribbean Sea, off Chame Point, Fox Bay, Colon ( Hayward and Rohde 1999a), Panama Scomberomorus sp. (gills) Nayarit ( Bravo­Hollis, 1953), Mexico Remarks: Referred to as Thoracocotyle paradoxica by Meserve (1938) and by Bravo­Hollis (1953) and as Paradawesia bychowskyi by Bravo­Hollis and Lamothe­Argumedo (1976)