Gyrodactylidae Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863

Kohn, Anna, Cohen, Simone C. & Salgado-Maldonado, Guillermo, 2006, Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, Zootaxa 1289 (1289), pp. 1-114 : 16-18

Family Gyrodactylidae Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863

Anacanthocotyle anacanthocotyle Kritsky & Fritts, 1970

Hosts, sites and localities:

Astyanax aeneus (Günther) (fins)

Veracruz ( Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico

Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier) (external surface and fins)

Puntarenas ( Kritsky and Fritts 1970), Costa Rica

Yucatán ( Mendoza­Franco et al. 1999), Mexico

Gyrodactylus bullatarudis Turnbull, 1956

Hosts, sites and localities:

Poecilia reticulata Peters (caudal fin, peduncle, head, opercula, pectoral fins) Upper Guanapo River, Naranjo, Yarra, Paria, Quare, El Cedro, Arima at Tripps Trace ( Harris and Lyles 1992), Trinidad

Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes (external surface)

Puntarenas ( Kritsky and Fritts 1970), Costa Rica

Gyrodactylus cichlidarum Paperna, 1968

Hosts, sites and locality:

Oreochromis aureus (= Tilapia aurea ) (skin and fins)

Oreochromis mossambicus (= Tilapia mossambica ) (skin and fins)

Lajas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lucchetti ( Bunkley­Williams and Williams 1994), Puerto Rico

Gyrodactylus costaricensis Kritsky & Fritts, 1970

Host, site and locality:

Poecilia sphenops (external surface)

Puntarenas ( Kritsky & Fritts 1970), Costa Rica

Gyrodactylus neotropicalis Kritsky & Fritts, 1970

Hosts, sites and localities:

Astyanax fasciatus (external surface and fins)

Puntarenas ( Rodriguez­Ortíz et al 2004), Costa Rica

Yucatán ( Mendoza­Franco et al. 1999), Mexico

Poecilia sphenops (external surface)

Puntarenas ( Kritsky & Fritts 1970), Costa Rica

Gyrodactylus niloticus Cone, Arthur & Bondad­Reantaso, 1995

Hosts, sites and localities:

Oreochromis aureus (skin, surface) Oreochromis mossambicus (skin, surface)

Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus) [= Tilapia nilotica (Linnaeus) ] (skin)

Tabasco ( López­Jiménez 2001; Salgado­Maldonado, Pineda­López et al. 2005), Mexico

Gyrodactylus turnbulli Harris, 1986

Host, sites and localities:

Poecilia reticulata (caudal fin, peduncle, head, opercula, pectoral fins)

Upper Guanapo River, Naranjo, Yarra, Lower Guanapo River, Ceniza ( Harris & Lyles 1992), Trinidad

Gyrodactylus sp.

Hosts, site and localities:

Astyanax aeneus (fins)

Oaxaca ( Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico

Astyanax mexicanum (De Fillipi) (fins)

Querétaro ( Salgado­Maldonado, Cabañas­Carranza et al. 2004), Mexico Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus) (fins)

Tamaulipas ( Flores Crespo and Flores Crespo 2003), Mexico

Cichlasoma geddesi (Regan) [= Herichthys geddesi ] (fins)

Yucatán, Campeche and Tabasco (Vidal­Martinez et al. 2001), Mexico

Cyprinus carpio (fins)

Tamaulipas ( Flores Crespo and Flores Crespo 2003), Mexico

Dormitator maculatus (Bloch) (fins)

Veracruz ( Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico

Erimystax xpunctatus (Hubbs & Crowe) [= Hybopsis punctatus Hubbs & Crowe ] (fins)

Jalisco ( Salgado­Maldonado, Cabañas­Carranza, Caspeta­Mandujano et al. 2001), Mexico

Gambusia yucatana Regan (fins)

Yucatán ( Mendoza­Franco et al. 1999), Mexico

Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède (fins)

Oaxaca ( Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico

Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) (fins)

Oncorrhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) (fins)

Tamaulipas ( Flores Crespo and Flores Crespo 2003), Mexico

Oreochromis mossambicus (fins)

Sonora ( Hernández­Martínez 1992), Mexico

Parachromis managuensis (Günther) [= Cichlasoma managuense (Gunther) ] (fins)

Yucatán, Campeche and Tabasco (Vidal­Martinez et al. 2001), Mexico

Poecilia mexicana Steindachner (fins)

Oaxaca ( Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico

Poecilia sphenops (fins)

Nayarit ( Salgado­Maldonado, Cabañas­Carranza, Soto­Galera et al. 2001), Mexico

Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel) (fins)

Jalisco and Oaxaca (Salgado­Maldonado, Cabañas­Carranza, Caspeta­ Mandujano et al. 2001; Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico

Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman) (fins)

Jalisco ( Salgado­Maldonado, Cabañas­Carranza, Caspeta­Mandujano et al. 2001), Mexico

Rhamdia guatemalensis (Gunther) (fins)

Oaxaca ( Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico

Thorichthys aureus (Günther) [= Cichlasoma aureum (Gunther) ] (fins) Thorichthys helleri (Steindachner) [= Cichlasoma helleri (Steindachner) ] (fins) Thorichthys meeki Brind [= Cichlasoma meeki (Brind) ] (fins)

Yucatán, Campeche and Tabasco (Vidal­Martinez et al. 2001), Mexico

Vieja fenestrata (Günther) (= Cichlasoma fenestratum Günther and C. gadovii Regan ) (fins)

Oaxaca ( Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico Gyrodactylus spp.

Host, site and localities:

Girardinichthys multiradiatus (Meek) (fins)

Michoacán and “Estado do Mexico ” ( Salgado­Maldonado, Cabañas­Carranza, Soto­Galera et al. 2001 as Gyrodactylus elegans Nordmann, 1932 ; Sánchez­ Nava et al. 2004), Mexico

Remarks: After one of the authors (S. Maldonado), these records represent two new species, which will be published posteriorly.