LARVAL TRYPANORHYNCH CESTODES FROM PERUVIAN TELEOST FISHES, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 2 NEW SPECIES
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1984
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Examination of 60 teleost fishes (9 spp.) for cestodes from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean off Paita (5.degree.7''S, 81.degree.11''W) and Salaverry (8.degree.15''S, 78.degree.59''W) Peru, resulted in the recovery of eight species of trypanorhynchs, two of which are new. The new species are Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum and Pseudogrillotia peruviana. New host and distribution records are: Dasyrhynchus pacificus Robinson in Sciaena deliciosa (Tschudi); Poecilancistrium caryophyllum (Diesing) from S. gilberti Abbott; Floriceps saccatus Cuvier from Centropomus nigrescens Gunther; Tentacularia coryphaena Bosc from Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) and Centropomus nigrescens: Callitetrarhynchus gracilis (Rudolphi) in S. deliciosa, Polyclemus peruanus (Steindachner) and Hemilutjanus macrophtalmos (Tschudi); Lacistorhynchus tenuis (Van Beneden) from Odontesthes regia (Humboldt).