Two species of caligidae (copepoda) parasitic on cultured rabbit fish (Siganus fuscescens) in Taiwan

Fish Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-139

  Lin, C L ^a,c   Ho, J S ^b   Chen, S N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caligidae; Caligus; Caligus oviceps; Lepeophtheirus; Lepeophtheirus atypicus; Rabbit fish; Siganus; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CALIGIDAE; CALIGUS; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; COPEPODA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS GONIISTII; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SIGANUS; SIGANUS FUSCESCENS;

EID: 0039930295     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.31.129     Document Type: Article

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