| bothriocephalus pearsei n. sp. (cestoda: pseudophyllidea) from cenote fishes of the yucatan peninsula, mexico. | the cestode bothriocephalus pearsei n. sp. is described from the intestine of the cichlid cichlasoma urophthalmus (günther) from cenote (= sinkhole) zaci near valladolid, yucatan, mexico. the pimelodid catfish rhamdia guatemalensis günther, which also harbored conspecific cestodes, seems to represent accidental or postcyclic host of b. pearsei. the new species differs from congeners mainly by the morphology of the scolex, which is clavate, with the maximum width in its middle part, has a distinc ... | 1996 | 8885891 |