New host records for nerocila depressa milne edwards, 1840 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from digha coast, Bay of Bengal, India

摘要

Nerocila is a large genus in Cymothoidae. The Cymothoidae are ectoparasitic isopods of marine, freshwater, or brackish-water teleost fishes. A new host of Nerocila depressa was identified from the two different body areas such as the upper pectoral fin and between pectoral and pelvic fin of the host fishes of a Lepturacanthus pantului and Lagocephalus lunaris, from Digha coast, Bay of Bengal, India.