A new species of Probursata Bravo-Hollis, 1984 (Mogenea: Heteraxinidae: Heteraxininae) parasite of Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) from the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

The genus Probursata Bravo-Hollis, 1984 comprises, at the moment, only one species, P. veraecrucis Bravo-Hollis, 1984, collected from the gill filaments of Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider) in the Mexican Atlantic Ocean. During a parasitological survey of fishes of the genus Oligoplites Gill from Sepetiba Bay, State of Rio de Janeiro, specimens of a new species of Probursata were collected from the gill filaments of O. palometa (Cuvier), O. saurus , and O. saliens (Bloch). This parasite is herein described, illustrated, and compared with the type species of the genus