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“New Parasitic Copepod Species, Ergasilus lyraephorus, Discovered on Longtail Knifefish in Northeast Brazil”

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38114827

A new species of parasitic copepod, Ergasilus lyraephorus, is discovered on the gills of the Longtail Knifefish in Northeast Brazil, representing the first report of an ergasilid parasitizing this host and the first parasitic copepod found on a host belonging to the family Sternopygidae.

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