A review of specimens previously reported as Dactylogyrus banghami from cyprinid fishes in North American Gulf of Mexico Coastal drainages revealed 6 different species: Dactylogyrus beckeri from Cyprinella venusta; Dactylogyrus perlus from Luxilus chrysocephalus isolepis; Dactylogyrus sp. cf. beckeri from Lythrurus atrapiculus and Lythrurus bellus; Dactylogyrus hydrophloxi n. sp. from Notropis baileyi; Dactylogyrus magnibulbus n. sp. from Notropis longirostris and Notropis ammophilus; and Dactylogyrus parvibulbus n. sp. from Notropis texanus and Notropis hypsilepis.
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1 January 2005
Determination of the Dactylogyrus banghami Complex (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from North American Gulf of Mexico Coastal Drainages with Descriptions of Three New Species
Donald G. Cloutman,
Wilmer A. Rogers
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Cyprinella venusta
Cyprinidae
Dactylogyridae
Dactylogyrus banghami
Dactylogyrus beckeri
Dactylogyrus hydrophloxi
Dactylogyrus magnibulbus