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The first record of four isopods from some Red Sea fishes, Yemeni coastal waters
Al-Zubaidy, A.B.; Mhaisen, F.T. (2014). The first record of four isopods from some Red Sea fishes, Yemeni coastal waters. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 13(1): 35-51
In: Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum: Baghdad. ISSN 1017-8678, more
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    Marine/Coastal

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  • Al-Zubaidy, A.B.
  • Mhaisen, F.T.

Abstract
    A total of 680 fish specimens belonging to 31 species from the Yemeni coastal waters of the Red Sea were inspected for the isopod infestations. Four isopod species belonging to three families of the suborder Cymothoida were detected. These are: Aega psora (Linnaeus, 1758) from Lethrinus lentjan, Natatolana insignis Hobbins and Jones, 1993 from Abalistes stellatus, Excorallana tricornis (Hansen, 1890) from Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, E. guttatus and E. tauvina and Alcirona krebsi Hansen, 1890 from Epinephelus microdon. All these isopod species are reported here for the first time from the Yemeni coastal waters of the Red Sea.

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