| dactylogyrids (platyhelminthes: monogenoidea) parasitizing butterfly fishes (teleostei: chaetodontidae) from the coral reefs of palau, moorea, wallis, new caledonia, and australia: species of euryhaliotrematoides n. gen. and aliatrema n. gen. | seven species of euryhaliotrematoides n. gen. and 1 species of aliatrema n. gen. (monogenoidea; dactylogyridae) are described and reported from the gills of 15 species of butterfly fishes (chaetodontidae) from the coral reefs of moorea (french polynesia), wallis (wallis and futuna), heron and lizard (australia), palau (micronesia), and new caledonia: aliatrema cribbi n. sp. from chaetodon auriga, chaetodon lunula, chaetodon trifasciatus, chaetodon ulietensis, chaetodon vagabundus, forcipiger fla ... | 2004 | 15165056 |
| a complex of species related to paradiscogaster glebulae (digenea: faustulidae) in chaetodontid fishes (teleostei: perciformes) of the great barrier reef. | a total of 1523 individuals of 34 species of chaetodontids from the great barrier reef were examined for faustulid trematodes. specimens resembling paradiscogaster glebulae bray, cribb & barker, 1994 were found in nine chaetodontid species at three localities. these specimens are shown, on the basis of combined morphological and molecular analyses, to comprise a complex of morphologically similar and partly cryptic species. the complex may comprise as many as six distinct species of which three ... | 2015 | 26096311 |
| specialist corallivores dominate butterflyfish assemblages in coral-dominated reef habitats. | this study examined the dietary habits and functional composition of butterflyfishes in the chagos archipelago, central indian ocean. eighteen species of butterflyfishes were recorded in chagos, including six obligate corallivores (chaetodon bennetti, chaetodon guttatissimus, chaetodon meyeri, chaetodon trifascialis, chaetodon trifasciatus and chaetodon zanzibarensis), five facultative corallivores (chaetodon auriga, chaetodon falcula, chaetodon interruptus, chaetodon kleinii and chaetodon madag ... | 2013 | 23557298 |
| parasite acquisition by larval coral-reef fishes. | of 164 fish larvae belonging to 11 species sampled from the island of moorea, french polynesia, 30% had at least one parasite individual and parasite prevalence ranged between 0 for chaetodon citrinellus and 80% for parupeneus barberinus. parasites were present only in larvae that had fed and were present in the gut but absent from gills, body cavity and muscle. parasites appeared to be acquired by ingestion of intermediate hosts when the larvae fed on the outer slope, prior to reef colonization ... | 2012 | 23130697 |