Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

Chauhanellus hypenocleithrum Domingues, Soares & Watanabe, 2016

Type host.

Sciades proops (Valenciennes, 1840) ( Osteichthyes: Ariidae).

Infection site.

Secondary lamellae of the gills.

Type locality.

Brazil, Pará State, Bragança, Fishing village of Ajuruteua (0°49'31"N, 46°36'29"W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 38247.

Paratypes.

CHIOC 38248 a–b, 38249 a–b, 38250 a–b .

Remarks.

Other paratypes deposited in the collections of INPA and MPEG.

Reference.

Domingues et al. (2016).