Table 1.
Species of lepocreadiids reported from pomacentrid fishes including information on host-specificity
| Species | Host-specificity | Host and locality | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lepocreadium album (Stossich, 1890) Stossich, 1904 | Euryxenic |
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus) Saronic Gulf, Greece |
Papoutsoglou (1976) |
| Blenniidae Rafinesque; Centracanthidae Gill; Sparidae Rafinesque | See Bartoli et al. (2005) | ||
| Lepocreadium oyabitcha Machida, 1984 | Stenoxenic |
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard) Off Ryukyu Islands, Japan Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson Off Lizard Island, GBR, Australia |
Machida (1984); Bray & Cribb (1998) |
| Lepocreadium sogandaresi Nahhas & Powell, 1971 | Oioxenic |
Stegastes leucostictus (Müller & Troschel) Gulf of Mexico |
Nahhas & Powell (1971) |
| Lepotrema acanthochromidis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 | Oioxenic |
Acanthochromis polyacanthus Bleeker Off Lizard and Heron Islands, GBR, Australia |
Barker et al. (1993); Barker et al. (1994); Bray et al. (2009); Bray et al. (2018b) |
| Lepotrema adlardi (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1993) Bray & Cribb, 1996 | Oioxenic |
Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch) Off Lizard and Heron Islands, GBR, Australia Ningaloo Reef, WA, Australia |
Bray et al. (1993); Barker et al. (1994); Bray et al. (2018b) |
| Lepotrema amblyglyphidodonis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 | Stenoxenic |
Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch) Off Heron Island, GBR, Australia Amphiprion akindynos Allen Off Heron Island, GBR, Australia |
Bray et al. (1993); Barker et al. (1994); Bray et al. (2018b) |
| Lepotrema clavatum Ozaki, 1932 | Euryxenic |
Dascyllus albisella Gill Off Hawaii, United States |
Pritchard (1963) |
| Balistidae Rafinesque; Chaetodontidae Rafinesque; Monacanthidae Nardo; Paralichthyidae Regan; Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann | See Bray et al. (2018b) | ||
| Lepotrema monile Bray & Cribb, 1998 | Stenoxenic |
Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker Off Lizard Island, GBR, Australia Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier Off Lizard Island, GBR, Australia Stegastes apicalis (De Vis) Off Heron Island, GBR, Australia Pomacentrus wardi Whitley Off Heron Island, GBR, Australia |
Bray et al. (1993); Barker et al. (1994); Bray & Cribb (1998); Sun et al. (2012); Bray et al. (2018b) |
| Lepotrema sp. 4 of Bray et al. (2018b) | Unknown |
Parma polylepis Günther Off Heron Island, GBR, Australia |
Bray et al. (1993); Barker et al. (1994); Bray et al. (2018b) |
| Preptetos cannoni Barker, Bray & Cribb, 1993 | Stenoxenic |
Pomacentrus bankanensis Bleeker Off Heron Island, GBR, Australia |
Bray et al. (1993); Barker et al. (1994) |
| Siganidae Richardson | See Barker et al. (1993) and Bray et al. (2022) | ||
| Preptetos trulla (Linton, 1907) Bray & Cribb, 1996 | Stenoxenic |
Chromis multilineata (Guichenot) Off Puerto Rico |
Dyer et al. (1985) |
| Labridae Cuvier; Lutjanidae Gill; Sparidae Rafinesque | See Claxton et al. (2017) | ||
| Preptetos xesuri (Yamaguti, 1940) Pritchard, 1960 | Stenoxenic |
Parma polylepis Off Heron Island, GBR, Australia |
Bray et al. (1993); Barker et al. (1994) |
| Acanthuridae Bonaparte | See Bray & Cribb (1996) and Bray et al. (2022) |
Pomacentrid hosts are listed in full with locality information and other taxa are listed at family level
Abbreviations: GBR, Great Barrier Reef; WA, Western Australia