Caligus pterois

Hayes, Polly, Justine, Jean-Lou & Boxshall, Geoffrey A., 2012, The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved, Zootaxa 3534, pp. 21-39 : 34-35

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.210824
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6167105
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B238789-FFE5-8079-768B-FA2CFC0FF925
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Caligus pterois
status

Treatment

Caligus russellii Kurien, 1950

Kurien (1950) described C. russellii as new a species of Caligus taken from the scorpionfish, Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 at Trivandrum in India. However, Kurian (1949) had previously described the same specimens as new, under the name Caligus pterois . The description was published as an abstract in the proceedings of the 35th Indian Science Congress held in Patna in 1948, but it satisfies the “criteria to be met” to be regarded as validly published under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Article 8.1) and it cannot be classified as “issued primarily to participants at” the congress (see Article 9.9) since it was published after the congress took place. Given that the first description contained the name and sufficient description to characterise the taxon, the name Caligus pterois Kurian, 1949 has priority and Caligus russellii Kurien, 1950 is here treated as a junior objective synonym.

Locality Host —Family: Species Record as Caligus robustus

Trincomalee, Sri Carangidae : Caranx affinis (Cuvier, 1833) Bassett-Smith (1898)

Lanka Carangidae : Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) as Caranx djedaba Scombridae : Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) as Thynnus macropterus

Aden Carangidae : Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) as Caranx rottleri

West Indies Haemulidae : Haemulon aureolineatum Cuvier, 1833 , as Bathystoma Wilson (1913) rimator

Carangidae : Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)

Mauritania Carangidae : Caranx sp. (? C. hippos ) Brian (1924) Soleidae : Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) as Solea vulgaris

Gulf of Mexico Carangidae : Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) Bere (1936) Carangidae : Caranx crysos as Paratractus crysos

Texas, USA Carangidae : Caranx hippos Causey (1953) Carangidae : Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Trivandrum, India Carangidae : Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) as Caranx sansun Pillai (1963) Carangidae : Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833

Colombo, Sri Lanka Carangidae : Caranx melampygus Kirtisinghe (1964)

Belize Carangidae View in CoL : Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833) Cressey (1991) View in CoL