Four Parasitic Copepods on Marine Fish (Teleostei and Chondrichthyes) from Turkey
Keywords:
parasitic copepods, marine fish, Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara, TurkeyAbstract
Four species of copepod, Caligus bonito Wilson, 1905 (Caligidae), Clavellisa scombri Kurz, 1877 (Lernaeopodidae), Pandarus bicolor Leach, 1816 (Pandaridae) and Anchistrotos laqueus Leigh-Sharpe, 1935 (Bomolochidae) were reported from Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758, Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758, Mustelus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758 and Serranus hepatus Linnaeus, 1758. These parasites were recorded for the first time in the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
