Strongylura incisa (Valenciennes) 



A medium-sized (maximum size about 450 mm. 



BL) marine species found from Ceylon, Malaysia, 



and Thailand through the Philippine Islands to 



the Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Marianas 



Islands, Samoan Islands, Fiji Islands, and Palau 



Islands (see fig. 179). 



75 specimens (69^50 mm. BL) from 42 



collections. 



Lemantfiropiis belones, 6 males and 10 females 

 from 7 specimens (193-450 mm. BL). Mar- 

 shall Islands; Gilbert Islands; Philippine 

 Islands ; Arnhem Land, Australia ; Singapore. 



Lemanthropus tylosiori, one female from one spec- 

 imen (233 mm. BL). Great Barrier Keef, 

 Australia. 



ParabomoJochus hellones, six females from two 

 specimens (102-222 mm. BL). Philippine 

 Islands. 



Ergasilus orkntalis, 19 females from 1 specimen 

 (220 mm. BL). Emerald River at and near 

 mouth, Arnhem Land, Australia. 



Caligiis sp. D, two females from two specimens 

 (233-315 mm. BL). Great Barrier Reef, Aus- 

 tralia; Philippine Islands. 



Strongylura krefftii (Giinther) 



A medium-sized (maximum size 388 mm. BL, 

 735 mm. SL) fresh-water species found in north- 

 em Australia — Arnhem Land and Queensland. 



44 specimens (21-388 mm. BL) from 7 

 collections. 



Ergasilus semicoleus, 36 females on gill filaments 

 of 6 specimens (207-325 mm. BL). 



Large billabong at Oenpelli, Arnhem Land, 

 Northern Territory, Australia. 



Strongylura leiura (Bleeker) 



A large (maximum size 501 mm. BL, 790 mm. 

 SL) marine species most closely related to S. 

 a^iastomella. Found from east Africa, the Persian 

 Gulf, and India to Borneo, the Philippines, Aus- 

 tralia, China, and Fiji (see fig. 179). 



49 specimens (115-398 mm. BL) from 35 

 collections. 



Caligoides laciniatus, 39 females from 5 speci- 

 mens (171-313 mm. BL). Pondicherry, India; 

 Philippine Islands; Formosa. 

 Lemanthropus tylosuri, four females from three 

 specimens (171-280 mm. BL). Persian Gulf; 

 Philippine Islands. 



Nothohomolochus digifatus, five females from four 



specimens (171-229 mm. BL). Java; Gulf of 



Thailand; Philippine Islands. 

 ParabomoJochus bellones, one female from oral 



valve of one specimen (387 mm. BL). Hong 



Kong. 



Strongylura marina (Walbaum) 



A medium-sized (maximum size 418 mm. BL, 

 640 mm. SL) marine species found in the western 

 Atlantic from Massachusetts south to Rio de Ja- 

 neiro (see fig. 179). Not found in the Bahamas or 

 Antilles. Frequently nms long distances up fresh- 

 water rivers. 



316 specimens (43-418 mm. BL) from 100 col- 

 lections. 



Parabomolochus bellones, 3 males and 116 females 

 from 53 specimens (55-300 mm. BL [average 

 149.5]). Massachusetts; North Carolina; 

 Georgia; Key West; Everglades; western 

 Florida ; Yucatan ; Panama ; Trinidad ; Vene- 

 zuela. 

 Colobomahis goodingi, six females from cephalic 

 lateral line canals of five or six specimens 

 (171-260 mm. BL [average 216.8]). Clear- 

 water, Fla., Everglades, Fla., western Florida. 

 Lemanthropus belones, 114 males and 58 females 

 from 37 specimens (110-280 mm. BL). Beau- 

 fort, N.C. ; St. Simons and Jekyll Islands, 

 Ga. ; Lemon Bay, Alligator Harbor, Clear- 

 water, and Amelia River, Fla.; Trinidad; 

 Venezuela. 

 Lemanthropus tylosuri, three males and two fe- 

 males from three sjiecimens (296^10 mm. 

 BL). Belize, British Honduras. 

 Lemeaolophus sidtanus, one female from one speci- 

 men (368 mm. BL) . Belize, British Honduras. 

 Ergasilus sp. A, one female from one specimen 



(418 mm. BL). Lake Yzabel, Guatemala. 

 Acusicola tenax, 203 females from 18 specimens 

 (113-285 mm. BL). Usumacinta River, El 

 Peten, Guatemala. 

 Ergasilus spatulus, 23 females from 5 specimens 

 (129-272 mm. BL). Lake Pontchartrain, La.; 

 Tortuguero, Costa Rica. 

 Argulidae, from one specimen, (230 mm. BL). 

 Lake Pontchartrain, La. 



Strongylura notata (Poey) 



A medium-sized (maximum size 245 mm. BL, 

 411 mm. SL) western Atlantic marine species 



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