Argulus coregoni (Branchiura: Argulidae) parasitic on the torrent catfish Liobagrus reini in Japan

2015 Biogeography  
An adult male of the argulid branchiuran Argulus coregonis Thorell, 1864 was collected from the body surface of a torrent catfish Liobagrus reinii Hilgendorf, 1878 (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) in the Aga River, a tributary of the Agano River, Fukushima Prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. This is the first record of A. coregoni infecting the amblycipitid fish as well as a new host record for the species. This collection also extends the distributional range of A. coregoni from Tochigi
more » ... northward to Fukushima Prefecture and is the first record of the species in the Tohoku Region of Japan.
doi:10.11358/biogeo.17.99 fatcat:ymhk4qwwsfec3btffr6mwuzi6a