Metazoários parasitos do congro-rosa Genypterus brasiliensis Regan, 1903 (Osteichthyes, Ophidiidae) do litoral do estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Ramos Alves, DimitriLuis Luque, JoséRodrigues Paraguassú, Aline

Between September of 2000 and January of 2001, 55 specimens of pink cusk-eel, Genypterus brasiliensis Regan, 1903 were captured of the coastal of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aprox. 21-23 S, 41-45 W), and necropsied to study of their metazoan parasites. Eleven species of metazoan parasites were collected in G. brasiliensis: 1 digenean, 3 cestodes, 2 acantocephalans, 4 nematodes, and 1 copepod. Genypterus brasiliensis is a new host record for Acanthocolpus brasiliensis Fernandes & Souza, 1973; Lacistorhynchus sp.; Nybelinia sp.; Scolex pleuronectis Müller, 1758; Polymorphus sp.; Contracaecum sp., and Chondracanthus genypteri Thomson, 1889. Cucullanus genypteri Sardella, Navone & Timi, 1997 and Ch. genypteri were recorded for the first time in Brazil.