Capsalidae Baird, 1853

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 : 8-15

Family Capsalidae Baird, 1853

Ancyrocotyle bartschi Price, 1934

Host, site and locality:

Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus) (gills)

Puerto Rico Deep ( Price 1934), Puerto Rico

Benedenia anadenea Meserve, 1938

Host, site and locality:

Mycteroperca sp. (gills)

Socorro Island ( Meserve 1938), Mexico

Remarks: According to Price (1939a), B. anadenea is synonym of B. adenea Meserve, 1938

Benedenia jalisciana Bravo­Hollis, 1951

Hosts, site and localities:

Epinephelus analogus Gill (gills)

Guerrero ( Bravo­Hollis & Caballero­Deloya 1973), Mexico

Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns) (gills)

Jalisco ( Bravo­Hollis 1951), Mexico

Benedenia convoluta (Yamaguti, 1937) Price, 1939

Host, site and locality:

Epinephelus labriformis (gills)

Jalisco ( Bravo­Hollis 1953), Mexico

Benedenia sp.

Host, site and locality:

Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner) [= Tilapia aurea (Steindachner) ] (external surface)

Unknown (cultivated) ( Prieto et al. 1986), Cuba

Benedeniella posterocolpa (Hargis, 1955) Yamaguti, 1963

Syn: Benedenia posterocolpa Hargis, 1955

Host, sites and locality:

Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill) (skin, ventral surface)

Campeche ( Pulido­Flores & Monks 2005), Mexico

Caballerocotyla caballeroi ( Winter, 1955) Price, 1960

Syn: Capsala caballeroi Winter, 1955

Host, site and locality:

Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel) (gills)

Guerrero ( Winter 1955; Price 1963), Mexico

Caballerocotyla gotoi (Yamaguti, 1968) Oliva, 1986

Syn: Capsala gotoi Yamaguti, 1968

Host, site and locality:

Thunnus albacares Bonnaterre [= Neothunnus macropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) ] (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Caballerocotyla manteri (Price, 1951) Price, 1960

Syn: Capsala manteri Price, 1951

Host, site and locality:

Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier) (gills)

Off La Parguera ( Williams & Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico Caballerocotyla neothunni (Yamaguti, 1968) Oliva, 1986

Syn: Capsala neothunni Yamaguti, 1968

Host, site and locality:

Thunnus albacares (= Neothunnus macropterus ) (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Caballerocotyla nozawae (Goto, 1894) Egorova, 1989

Syn: Tristomum nozawae Goto, 1894

Host, site and locality:

Thunnus albacares (= Neothunnus macropterus ) (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Capsala martinieri Bosc, 1811

Host, site and locality:

Mola mola (Linnaeus) (external surface)

Matanzas (Perez­Vigueras 1955), Cuba

Capsala ovalis (Goto, 1894) Price, 1938

Syn: Tristoma ovale Goto, 1894

Hosts, site and locality:

Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw) [= I. Orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel) and = Istiophorus greyi Jordan & Evermann] (gills)

Makaira indica (Cuvier) [= Makaira marlina Jordan & Hill] [= Istiompax marlina ( Jordan & Hill) (gills)

Makaira nigricans Lacepède (= Makaira ampla (Poey) (gills)

Tetrapturus angustirostris Tanaka (gills)

Tetrapturus audax (Philippi) [= Makaira mitzukurii ( Jordan & Snyder) and Makaira audax (Philippi) ] (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Capsala poeyi (Perez­Vigueras, 1935) Price, 1938

Syn: Tristomum poeyi Perez­Vigueras, 1935

Host, site and locality:

Makaira nigricans (= M. ampla ) (skin)

Havana (Perez­Vigueras 1935; Price 1938a; Perez­Vigueras 1955), Cuba Capsaloides cornutus (Verrill, 1875) Price, 1938

Syn: Capsala cornutus Verrill, 1875

Host, site and locality:

Tetrapturus pfluegeri Robins & De Sylva (gills)

Aguadilla ( Williams & Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Capsaloides cristatus Yamaguti, 1968

Hosts, site and locality:

Makaira sp. (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Tetrapturus angustirostris (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Capsaloides hofmannae Lamothe­Argumedo, 1996

Host, site and locality:

Tetrapturus audax (gills)

Sinaloa (Lamothe­Argumedo 1996), Mexico

Capsaloides istiophori Yamaguti, 1968

Hosts, site and locality:

Istiophorus platypterus (= I. orientalis ) (gills)

Tetrapturus audax (= Makaira audax ) (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Capsaloides magnaspinosa Price, 1939

Host, site and locality:

Tetrapturus pfluegeri (gills)

Aguadilla ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Capsaloides marielenae ( Lamothe­Argumedo, 1968) Lamothe­Argumedo, 1996

Syn: Caballerocotyla marielenae Lamothe­Argumedo, 1968

Host, site and locality:

Istiophorus platyperus (= Istiophorus greyi ) (gills)

Oaxaca ( Lamothe­Argumedo 1968), Mexico

Capsaloides sinuatus Yamaguti, 1968

Host, site and locality:

Tetrapturus audax (gills)

Sinaloa ( Lamothe­Argumedo & Pulido­Flores 1998), Mexico

Encotyllabe lintoni Monticelli, 1909

Host, site and locality:

Calamus calamus (Valenciennes) (gills)

Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Flatts ( Price 1939 a), Bermuda Encotyllabe monticelli Perez Vigueras, 1940

Host, site and locality:

Calamus bajonado (Bloch & Schneider) (post mouth)

Havana (Perez­Vigueras 1940; Perez­Vigueras 1955), Cuba

Encotyllabe pagrosomi Mac Callum, 1917

Host, site and locality:

Pomadasys macracanthus (Günther) (gills)

Sinaloa ( Bravo­Hollis 1957), México

Encotyllabe sp.

Host, site and locality:

Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier) [= Diapterus plumieri (Cuvier) ] (gills)

Tabasco ( López­Jiménez 2001), Mexico

Entobdella guberleti Caballero & Bravo­Hollis, 1962

Host, site and locality:

Urobatis halleri (Cooper) (gills)

Sonora ( Caballero & Bravo­Hollis 1962 b), Mexico

Entobdella squamula (Heath, 1902) Johnston, 1929

Syn: Epidella squamula Heath, 1902

Host, site and locality:

Paralichthys californicus (Ayres) (under surface of body, rarely gill chambers) Gulf of Mexico (presumably) ( Price 1939a), Mexico

Nasicola klawei ( Stunkard, 1962) Yamaguti, 1968 (Capsalidae)

Syn: Caballerototyla klawei Stunkard, 1962

Hosts, site and localities:

Thunnus albacares (= Neothunnus macropterus ) (nasal capsule)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Mexican Pacific ( Stunkard 1962), Mexico

off La Parguera, Desecheo Island, Boqueron ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson) (nasal capsule)

off La Parguera, Desecheo Island, Boqueron ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Thunnus obesus (Lowe) [= Parathunnus sibi Temminck & Schlegel )] (nasal capsule)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Neobenedenia adenea ( Meserve, 1938) Yamaguti, 1963

Syn: Benedenia adenea Meserve, 1938

Hosts, site and localities:

Mycteroperca sp. (gills)

Socorro Island ( Meserve 1938; Bravo­Hollis, 1957), Mexico

Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets) [= M. pardalis Gilbert ] (gills)

Scarus perrico Jordan & Gilbert (gills)

Baja California ( Bravo­Hollis 1957), Mexico

Neobenedenia isabellae ( Meserve, 1938) Yamaguti, 1963

Syn: Benedenia isabellae Meserve, 1938

Hosts, site and locality:

Unidentified, grouper­like fish (gills)

Nayarit ( Meserve 1938), Mexico

Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns) (gills)

Nayarit ( Lamothe­Argumedo 1963; Bravo­Hollis and Caballero­Deloya 1973), Mexico

Neobenedenia longiprostata Bravo­Hollis, 1971

Host, site and locality:

Epinephelus analogus (gills)

Baja California ( Bravo­Hollis 1971), Mexico

Neobenedenia melleni (Mac Callum, 1927) Yamaguti, 1963

Syn: Epibdella melleni Mac Callum, 1927

Hosts, sites and localities:

Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch) (skin, eye)

Unknown (Bunkley—Williams and Williams 1994), Puerto Rico

Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Balistes vetula Linnaeus (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Calamus calamus (eyes)

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al., 1994), Bahamas

Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus (unknown)

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas

Diodon hystrix Linnaeus (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Echeneis neucratoides Zuiew (unknown)

off Mayaguez ( Bullard et al. 2000), Puerto Rico

Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus) (unknown)

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas

off La Parguera ( Dyer et al. 1992b), Puerto Rico

Epinephelus striatus (Bloch) (unknown)

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Gambusia xanthosoma Greenfield (skin)

Little Salt Creek, Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies ( Bullard et al. 2000), Caribbean Sea

Haemulon album Cuvier (skin, head and body)

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas

Haemulon plumieri (Lacepede) (eyes)

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas

Haemulon sciurus (Shaw) (eyes)

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas

Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas

Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus) (unknown)

Exuma cays ( Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas

Melichthys niger (Bloch) (= M. Bispinosus Gibert) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Mycteroperca rosacea (= M. pardalis ) (gills)

Baja California ( Bravo­Hollis 1957), Mexico

Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch) (skin, head and body)

Exuma cays (Gallet de St Aurin et al. 1990; Mueller et al. 1994), Bahamas Little Salt Creek, Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies ( Bullard et al. 2000), Caribbean Sea

Oreochromis aureus (= Tilapia aurea ) (skin, eye)

Unknown (Bunkley – Williams and Williams 1994), Puerto Rico

Oreochromis hornorum x O. mossambicus hybrid (skin, head and body)

Exuma Cays (Ernst et al. 1989; Gallet de St Aurin et al. 1990; Muller et al. 1992; Cowell et al. 1993; Ellis & Watanabe 1993), Bahamas

Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) [= Tilapia mossambica (Peters) ] (skin, eye) Unknown (Muller et al., 1992), Bahamas

Unknown (Bunkley – Williams and Williams 1994), Puerto Rico

Oreochromis mossambicus (= T. mossambica ) x O. urolepis (Norman) [= T. urolepis urolepis Norman ] hybrid (skin, eye)

Unknown (Bunkley – Williams and Williams 1994), Puerto Rico

Oreochromis sp. (skin, head)

Exuma Cays ( Cowell et al. 1993), Bahamas

Oreochromis spp. (red hybrid tilapia) (skin, head)

Unknown ( Robinson et al. 1992), Jamaica

Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus) (= Acanthurus hepatus )

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Pomacanthus paru (Bloch) (unknown)

off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947), Caribbean Sea

Scarus perrico (gills)

Nayarit ( Bravo­Hollis and Caballero­Deloya 1973), Mexico

Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes (unknown)

Bermuda Aquarium ( Whittington and Horton 1996), Bermuda

Sphoeroides annulatus Jenyns (= Cheilichthys annulatus (Jenyns)

Sinaloa ( Flores Crespo and Flores Crespo 2003, Fajer­Avila et al. 2004), Mexico Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann (skin)

Little Salt Creek, Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies; off Bimini, British West Indies ( Nigrelli 1947; Bullard et al. 2000), Caribbean Sea

Remarks: Referred to as Benedenia melleni by Nigrelli (1947), to as Neobenedenia girellae (Hargis, 1955) Yamaguti, 1963 by Bravo­Hollis (1957) and Bravo­Hollis & Caballero­Deloya (1973) and to as Neobenedenia pargueraensis by Dyer et al. (1992b).

Neobenedenia pacifica Bravo­Hollis, 1971

Hosts, sites and localities:

Mugil cephalus Linnaeus (gills)

Baja California ( Bravo­Hollis 1971), Mexico

Mugil curema Valenciennes (skin)

Bucaná river ( Bunkley­Williams and Williams 1994), Puerto Rico

Sprostoniella lamothei Pérez­Ponce de Léon & Mendoza­Garfias, 2000

Host, site and locality:

Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard) (gills)

Jalisco ( Pérez­Ponce de Léon and Mendoza­Garfias 2000), Mexico

Tristoma adcoccineum Yamaguti, 1968

Host, site and locality:

Xiphias gladius Linnaeus (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Tristoma adintegrum Yamaguti, 1968

Host, site and locality:

Xiphias gladius (gills)

Havana ( Egorova 1989), Cuba

Tristomella laevis (Verrill, 1875) Guiart, 1938

Syn: Capsala laevis Verrill, 1875

Hosts, site and localities:

Istiophorus albicans (Latreille) (gills)

Makaira nigricans (gills)

Tetrapturus albidus Poey (gills)

Vicinity of La Parguera, coastal waters of southwestern Puerto Rico, Desecheo Islands (northwestern coast), Arecibo, Aguadela ( Dyer et al. 1992a; Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Tetrapturus audax (gills)

Sinaloa ( Lamothe­Argumedo and Pulido­Flores 1998), Mexico

Tetrapturus pfluegeri (gills)

Vicinity of La Parguera, coastal waters of southwestern Puerto Rico, Desecheo Islands (northwestern coast), Arecibo, Aguadela ( Dyer et al. 1992a; Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Tristomella pricei ( Hidalgo, 1958) Price, 1960

Syn: Capsala pricei Hidalgo, 1958

Hosts, site and locality:

Makaira indica (= Makaira marlina ) (skin)

Pacific Ocean, off Caracoles Point ( Price 1960), Panama

Tetrapturus audax (= Makaira mitzukurii ) (skin)

Sinaloa ( Hidalgo 1958), Mexico

Trochophus pseudomarginatus Bravo­Hollis, 1957

Hosts, site and locality:

Epinephelus analogus (gills)

Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns) (gills)

Jalisco ( Bravo­Hollis 1957), Mexico

Remarks: Bravo­Hollis (1953) considered the Monogenea collected from E. labriformis as Benedenia convoluta Yamaguti, 1937 and in 1957 the author regarded this material as T. pseudomarginatus .