a digenean parasite in a mudskipper: opegaster ouemoensis sp. n. (digenea: opecoelidae) in periophthalmus argentilineatus valenciennes (perciformes: gobiidae) in the mangroves of new caledonia. | opegaster ouemoensis sp. n. is described from periophthalmus argentilineatus valenciennes (gobiidae). distinctive features included the weak or undetectable papillae of the ventral sucker and the small, but distinct cirrus-sac. the new species is compared with 25 marine species of opegaster for which a table of measurements and ratios is presented. the new combination opegaster queenslandicus (aken'ova, 2007) (originally in opecoelus) is formed. fifteen mudskippers were intensively examined for ... | 2013 | 23539947 |