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Table 1 Number of host-parasite combinations (HPCs) found in 24 species of caesionids, lutjanids and nemipterids in New Caledonia

From: An annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae, Caesionidae) in New Caledonia confirms high parasite biodiversity on coral reef fish

Family and habitat

Fish species

Total

Gill

Abdo

Isop

Cope

Mono

Poly

Dige

Both

Tetr

Tryp

Nema

Other

Total

Caesionidae

Caesio cuning

8

4

8

    

2(0)

1(0)

1(0)

 

1(0)

 

5(0)

Lutjanidae, reef-associated

Aprion virescens

3

3

3

  

1(1)

 

2(2)

     

3(3)

 

Lutjanus adetii

5

0

5

    

2(2)

1(0)

  

1(0)

 

4(2)

 

Lutjanus argentimaculatus

4

3

3

1(0)

2(1)

5(3)

 

4(4)

 

1(0)

   

13(8)

 

Lutjanus fulviflamma

17

11

11

 

2(1)

3(2)

1(0)

2(2)

   

1(0)

 

9(5)

 

Lutjanus fulvus *

2

1

0

  

4(2)

       

4(2)

 

Lutjanus gibbus *

2

2

1

 

1(1)

1(0)

       

2(1)

 

Lutjanus kasmira

16

12

12

 

1(0)

6(0)

 

5(2)

1(0)

1(0)

 

1(0)

 

15(2)

 

Lutjanus monostigma *

0

0

0

1(1)

         

1(1)

 

Lutjanus quinquelineatus

12

0

6

  

5(3)

 

2(2)

 

1(0)

 

1(0)

 

9(5)

 

Lutjanus rivulatus *

2

2

2

  

1(0)

     

1(0)

1(0)

3(0)

 

Lutjanus russellii

6

0

1

1(0)

 

4(2)

1(0)

2(1)

     

8(3)

 

Lutjanus vitta

42

19

31

 

1(0)

6(2)

 

5(3)

 

1(0)

2(2)

5(2)

 

20(9)

 

Macolor niger *

2

2

1

 

3(1)

2(0)

 

1(0)

     

6(1)

Lutjanidae, deep-sea

Etelis carbunculus

16

5

3

1(1)

4(1)

1(1)

 

3(2)

 

1(0)

1(0)

2(1)

1(0)

14(6)

 

Etelis coruscans

18

11

5

1(1)

4(1)

2(2)

1(0)

3(1)

  

1(0)

2(2)

 

14(7)

 

Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus

20

14

18

1(1)

1(0)

3(1)

 

4(3)

 

1(0)

1(0)

2(1)

 

13(6)

 

Pristipomoides auricilla *

2

2

2

1(0)

 

1(0)

 

1(1)

 

1(0)

1(0)

3(1)

 

8(2)

 

Pristipomoides filamentosus

7

2

2

2(2)

1(1)

1(0)

 

2(0)

   

3(2)

 

9(5)

Nemipteridae

Nemipterus furcosus

239

111

160

1(0)

 

2(0)

1(0)

5(4)

1(0)

1(0)

6(6)

7(3)

1(0)

25(13)

 

Pentapodus aureofasciatus

23

19

12

1(0)

1(0)

2(1)

1(0)

4(0)

 

1(0)

 

2(0)

 

12(1)

 

Pentapodus nagasakiensis *

2

2

2

    

2(0)

 

1(0)

 

1(0)

 

4(0)

 

Scolopsis bilineata

12

8

9

1(0)

   

2(1)

   

1(0)

1(0)

5(1)

 

Scolopsis taenioptera *

3

2

3

        

1(0)

 

1(0)

 

Total Caesionidae (1 species)

8

4

8

    

2(0)

1(0)

1(0)

 

1(0)

 

5(0)

 

Partial total Lutjanidae, reef (13)

113

55

76

3(1)

10(4)

38(15)

2(0)

25(18)

2(0)

4(0)

2(2)

10(2)

1(0)

97(42)

 

Partial total Lutjanidae, deep-sea (5)

63

34

30

6(5)

10(3)

8(4)

1(0)

13(7)

0(0)

3(0)

4(0)

12(6)

1(0)

58(25)

 

Total Lutjanidae (18 species)

176

89

106

9(6)

20(7)

46(19)

3(0)

38(25)

2(0)

7(0)

6(2)

22(8)

2(0)

155(67)

 

Total Nemipteridae (5 species)

279

142

186

3(0)

1(0)

4(1)

2(0)

13(5)

1(0)

3(0)

6(6)

12(3)

2(0)

47(15)

 

Total (24 species)

463

235

300

12(6)

21(7)

50(20)

5(0)

53(30)

4(0)

11(0)

12(8)

35(11)

4(0)

207(82)

  1. *: species with low sample size or only anecdotal collections, excluded from general calculations in Table 3. For each number: HPCs (SLIP-HPCs) i.e. number of host-parasite combinations, and, within parentheses, number of species level identified parasite – host-parasite combinations.
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