Hosts and Distribution of Peniculus fistula Von Nordman, 1832

Abstract

We list 34 hosts in 2 superorders, 6 orders, and 19 families of fishes for Peniculus fistula, suggest this parasite has a worldwide distribution, and correct 22 omissions, 1 synonym used, and 1 error in the recent literature.

Keywords:

• Peniculus fistula
• parasite synopsis
• parasite distribution
• checklist corrections
• Coryphaena hippurus

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We thank Goeffrey A. Boxshall, The Natural History Museum, London, for reprints of his papers.

Notes

¹“Lampris luna, opah” of Öktener (2008) = Lampris luna (Gmelin, 1789) a synonym;

²as P. fissipes;

³not listed as a host by Öktener (2008), although it was in Yamaguti (1963) (cited by Öktener, 2008) and in Benz and Sullivan's (1994) host list for Yamaguti (1963);

⁴listed as “Sargus annularis” by Brian (1917) (see Yamaguti, 1963);

⁵listed as “Pagellus centrodontis” by Gooding (1957);

⁶no approved English common name. Öktener (2008) used the French common name “clavière.”