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First record of Cybicola buccatus (Copepoda: Pseudocycnidae) in Scomberomorus brasiliensis (Scombridae) in northeastern Brazil coast

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The Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus brasiliensis is an epipelagic species with coastal habits and is a fundamental part of artisanal fishing along the Brazilian coast as a species with high economic value. The present work aimed to report the first occurrence of Cybicola buccatus (Copepoda) in S. brasiliensis in northeastern Brazil. The fish were purchased at the public terminal in Aracaju/SE between March 2016 and June 2019 and transported to the laboratory for identification, necropsy and parasite collection. Of the sixteen fish analysed, six were parasitized by C. buccatus with a prevalence of 37.50%, an mean intensity of 1.33 and an mean abundance of 0.50. This occurrence is a new record of this ectoparasite for the locality, as it had not yet been reported in S. brasiliensis on the northeastern coast of Brazil. The results presented here contribute to the existing knowledge about the distribution of this copepod and the parasitic fish fauna along the Brazilian coast.

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We thank the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and the Sergipe State Research and Technological Innovation Support Foundation (FAPITEC) for the granting of scholarships, which made this study possible.

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  1. Postgraduate Program in Health and Environment, Tiradentes University, Av. Murilo Dantas, 300, CEP, Aracaju, SE, 49032-490, Brazil

    Janaína Freitas Freire, André Mota Alves, Cláudia Moura de Melo, Verónica de Lourdes Sierpe Jeraldo & Rubens Riscala Madi

  2. Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul – UFMS, Mailbox: 549, Campo Grande, MS, S / N: 79070-900, Brazil

    Luiz Eduardo Roland Tavares

  3. Laboratory of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Institute of Technology and Research, Av. Murilo Dantas, 300, CEP, Aracaju, SE, 49032-490, Brazil

    Cláudia Moura de Melo & Verónica de Lourdes Sierpe Jeraldo

  4. Research Center in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture, Ichthytoparasitology Laboratory, State University of Maringá, Avenida Colombo, 5790 - Vila Esperança, CEP 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, PR, Brazil

    Ricardo Massato Takemoto

  5. Tropical Biology Laboratory, Institute of Technology and Research, Av. Murilo Dantas, 300, CEP, Aracaju, SE, 49032-490, Brazil

    Rubens Riscala Madi

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Freire, J.F., Alves, A.M., Tavares, L.E.R. et al. First record of Cybicola buccatus (Copepoda: Pseudocycnidae) in Scomberomorus brasiliensis (Scombridae) in northeastern Brazil coast. Biologia 76, 223–226 (2021). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00498-8

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