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The Plotosidae, commonly known as the eel catfishes, eeltail catfishes, stinging cat- fishes, coral reef catfishes, and barbel eels, inhabit coastal waters of the Indo-West Pa- cific region (Burgess, 1989). There are sev- eral genera (e.g., Cnidoglanis, Euristhmus, Neosilurus, Paraplotosus, Plotosus, and Tandanus) included in this family (Nelson, 1984). Although a few species are marine, most are estuarine or fresh-water species (Burgess, 1989). Several species ofplotosids are considered edible (Burgess, 1989) and are taken in sufficient numbers to be con- sidered economically important (Nel et al., 1985). While conducting a revision of marine plotosid catfishes, Ms. Janet R. Gomon, Smithsonian Institution, collected several specimens of parasitic copepods from the gill filaments of the cobbler Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Valenciennes) and an un- described species of Paraplotosus. Although parasitic copepods have been reported pre- viously from plotosids (Table 1), the spec- imens in the present collection are unique and represent two new species and a new genus of the siphonostomatoid family Ca- ligidae. These new taxa are described below. Additional specimens of the new taxa were collected by the first author during a Short- Term Visitor appointment to the Smith- sonian Institution, and by Dr. Alan Wil- liams, Murdoch University, Western
Journal of Crustacean Biology – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1991
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