Heteraxinidae Unnitham 1957

Kohn, Anna, Cohen, Simone C. & Salgado-Maldonado, Guillermo, 2006, Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, Zootaxa 1289 (1289), pp. 1-114 : 55-56

Family Heteraxinidae Unnitham 1957

Cemocotyle borinquensis Price, 1962

Host, site and locality:

Caranx caballus (= Paratractus caballus ) (gills)

Playa de Fajardo ( Price 1962), Puerto Rico

Cemocotyle carangis (Mac Callum, 1913) Sproston, 1946

Syn: Microcotyle carangis Mac Callum, 1913

Host, site and locality:

Caranx crysos (gills)

Veracruz ( Bravo­Hollis and Salgado­Maldonado 1983), Mexico

Unknown ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Caranx hippos (gills)

Caranx latus (gills)

Unknown ( Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Cemocotyle noveboracensis (Mac Callum, 1919) Price, 1962

Syn: Axine noveboracensis Mac Callum, 1919

Host, site and locality:

Caranx hippos (gills)

Campeche ( Caballero and Bravo­Hollis 1967; Bravo­Hollis and Salgado­ Maldonado 1983), Mexico

South Gulf of Mexico ( Bunkley­Williams and Williams 1994; Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Caranx latus (gills)

South Gulf of Mexico ( Bunkley­Williams and Williams 1994; Williams and Bunkley­Williams 1996), Puerto Rico

Cemocotylella elongata ( Meserve, 1938) Price, 1962

Host, site and locality:

Caranx caballus (gills)

Puntarenas ( Rodríguez­Ortíz et al. 2004), Costa Rica

Caranx hippos (gills)

Jalisco (Bravo­Hollis 1986), Mexico

Caranx latus (gills)

Quintana Roo ( Bravo­Hollis & Salgado­Maldonado (1983), Mexico Mulloidichthys martinicus (Cuvier) (gills)

Sainte Anne (Euzet & Vala 1976), Guadeloupe

Xurel malampygus (Cuvier & Valenciennes) (gills)

Secas Islands ( Meserve 1938), Panama

Remarks: Price (1962) redescribed the type material, giving new figures of the holotype.

Heteraxinoides zhukovi Caballero & Bravo­Hollis, 1963

Host, site and locality:

Oligoplites altus (gills)

Colima ( Caballero & Bravo­Hollis 1963), Mexico

Nudaciraxine gracilis (Linton, 1940) Price, 1962

Syn: Axinoides gracilis Linton, 1940

Host, site and locality:

Tylosurus acus acus (Lacépède) (gills)

Veracruz ( Bravo­Hollis 1984 b), Mexico

Paramonaxine yamagutii Bravo­Hollis, 1978

Hosts, site and localities:

Sphyraena argentea Girard (gills)

Sonora ( Bravo­Hollis 1982 a), Mexico

Sphyraena ensis (gills)

Baja California ( Bravo­Hollis 1978a; Bravo­Hollis 1978b), Mexico

Probursata veraecrucis Bravo­Hollis, 1984

Host, site and locality:

Oligoplites saurus (gills)

Veracruz ( Bravo­Hollis 1984a), Mexico

Zeuxapta seriolae ( Meserve, 1938) Price, 1962

Syn: Axine seriolae Meserve, 1938

Hosts, site and localities:

Caranx hippos (gills)

Guerrero ( Lamothe­Argumedo 1970), Mexico

Seriola lalandi Valenciennes [= Seriola dorsalis (Gill) ] (gills)

Baja California ( Bravo­Hollis 1978b), Mexico