396 Species in Family Cymothoidae
Nominal species list for Cymothoidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aegathoa oculata (Say, 1818)
Agarna cumulus (Haller, 1880)
Agarna malayi Tiwari, 1952
Agarna pustulosa (Pillai, 1954)
Amblycephalon indicus Pillai, 1954
Amblycephalon schadleri (Nierstrasz, 1915)
Anilocra abudefdufi Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra acanthuri Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra acuminata Haller, 1880
Anilocra acuta Richardson, 1910
Anilocra alloceraea Koelbel, 1879
Anilocra amboinensis Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Anilocra angeladaviesae Welicky & Smit, 2019
Anilocra ankistra Bruce, 1987
Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987
Anilocra atlantica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Anilocra australis Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Anilocra bunkleywilliamsae Welicky & Smit, 2019
Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818
Anilocra cavicauda Richardson, 1910
Anilocra chaetodontis Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra chromis Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra clupei Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1986
Anilocra coxalis Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra elviae Winfield, Alvarez & Ortiz, 2002
Anilocra frontalis Milne-Edwards, 1840
Anilocra gigantea (Herklots, 1870)
Anilocra grandmaae Aneesh, Hadfield, Smit & Kumar, 2021
Anilocra guinensis Bovallius, 1887
Anilocra hadfieldae Welicky & Smit, 2019
Anilocra haemuli Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra hedenborgi Bovallius, 1887
Anilocra holacanthi Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra holocentri Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra huacho Rokicki, 1984
Anilocra ianhudsoni Welicky & Smit, 2019
Anilocra jovanasi Welicky & Smit, 2019
Anilocra koolanae Bruce, 1987
Anilocra laevis Miers, 1877
Anilocra laticauda unspecified
Anilocra leptosoma Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra longicauda Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Anilocra marginata (Bleeker, 1857)
Anilocra meridionalis Richardson, 1914
Anilocra monoma Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Anilocra montti Thatcher & Lobos, 2001
Anilocra morsicata Bruce, 1987
Anilocra myripristis Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra occidentalis Richardson, 1899
Anilocra partiti Williams & Williams, 1981
Anilocra paulsikkeli Welicky & Smit, 2019
Anilocra physodes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anilocra pilchardi Bariche & Trilles, 2006
Anilocra plebeia Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Anilocra pomacentri Bruce, 1987
Anilocra prionuri Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1986
Anilocra recta Nierstrasz, 1915
Anilocra rhodotaenia Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra soelae Bruce, 1987
Anilocra tropica Avdeev, 1977
Anphira branchialis Thatcher, 1993
Anphira guianensis Thatcher, 2002
Anphira junki Araujo & Thatcher, 2003
Anphira xinguensis Thatcher, 1995
Artystone minima Thatcher & Carvalho, 1988
Artystone trysibia Schioedte, 1866
Asotana formosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Asotana magnifica Thatcher, 1988
Asotana splendida (Leigh-Sharpe, 1937)
Bambalocra intwala Bruce, Welicky, Hadfield & Smit, 2019
Braga bachmanni Stadler, 1972
Braga brasiliensis Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Braga cichlae Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Braga fluviatilis Richardson, 1911
Braga nasuta Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Braga patagonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Catoessa ambassae Bruce, 1990
Catoessa boscii (Bleeker, 1857)
Catoessa gruneri Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Catoessa scabricauda Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Ceratothoa angulata (Richardson, 1910)
Ceratothoa argus (Haswell, 1881)
Ceratothoa atherinae (Gourret, 1891)
Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)
Ceratothoa capri (Trilles, 1964)
Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869)
Ceratothoa collaris Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
Ceratothoa contracta (Miers, 1880)
Ceratothoa curvicauda Nunomura, 2006
Ceratothoa deplanata Bovallius, 1885
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii Milne-Edwards, 1840
Ceratothoa gilberti (Richardson, 1904)
Ceratothoa gobii Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
Ceratothoa guttata (Richardson, 1910)
Ceratothoa huttoni Filhol, 1885
Ceratothoa imbricata (Fabricius, 1775)
Ceratothoa italica Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
Ceratothoa laticauda Milne-Edwards, 1840
Ceratothoa novaezelandiae Filhol, 1885
Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1816)
Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1879
Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828)
Ceratothoa parva Richardson, 1910
Ceratothoa potassoniensis (Penso, 1939)
Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
Ceratothoa springbok Hadfield & Smit, 2020
Ceratothoa steindachneri Koelbel, 1879
Ceratothoa transversa (Richardson, 1900)
Ceratothoa trigonocephala (Leach, 1818)
Ceratothoa trilles (Avdeev, 1979)
Ceratothoa usacarangis (Avdeev, 1979)
Ceratothoa verrucosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
Cinusa nippon Nagasawa, 2021
Cinusa tetrodontis Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Colombia physodes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Creniola breviceps (Schioedte & Meinert, 1881)
Creniola laticauda (Schioedte & Meinert, 1881)
Creniola saurida (Avdeev, 1977)
Cterissa australiensis Avdeev, 1975
Cterissa sakaii Williams & Williams, 1986
Cymothoa asymmetrica Pillai, 1954
Cymothoa borbonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa brasiliensis Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa caraibica Bovallius, 1885
Cymothoa carangii Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa carryensis Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa catarinensis Thatcher, Loyola e Silva, Jost & Souza-Conceiçao, 2003
Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959
Cymothoa curta Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa dufresni Leach, 1818
Cymothoa elegans Bovallius, 1885
Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa eremita (Brunnich, 1783)
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833
Cymothoa exigua Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa eximia Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa frontalis Milne-Edwards, 1840
Cymothoa gadorum Brocchi, 1875
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa globosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa guadeloupensis Fabricius, 1793
Cymothoa hermani Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2011
Cymothoa ianuarii Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa ichtiola (Brunnich, 1764)
Cymothoa indica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa irregularis Bleeker, 1857
Cymothoa laticauda Milne-Edwards, 1840
Cymothoa liannae Sartor & Pires, 1988
Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa marginata Bleeker, 1857
Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816
Cymothoa oculata Say, 1818
Cymothoa oestrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymothoa ovalis Say, 1818
Cymothoa paradoxa Haller, 1880
Cymothoa parupenei Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa propria Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa pulchrum Lanchester, 1902
Cymothoa recifea Thatcher & Fonseca, 2005
Cymothoa recta Dana, 1853
Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa rotunda Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880
Cymothoa scopulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978
Cymothoa slusarskii Rokicki, 1986
Cymothoa spinipalpa Thatcher, de Araújo, de Lima & Chellapa, 2007
Cymothoa truncata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa vicina Hale, 1926
Elthusa acutinasa Van der Wal, Smit & Hadfield, 2019
Elthusa alvaradoensis Rocha-Ramírez, Chávez-López & Bruce, 2005
Elthusa arnoglossi Trilles & Justine, 2006
Elthusa atlantniroi (Kononenko, 1988)
Elthusa californica (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
Elthusa caudata (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
Elthusa emarginata (Bleeker, 1857)
Elthusa epinepheli Trilles & Justine, 2010
Elthusa fistularia Aneesh, Helna, Kumar & Trilles, 2020
Elthusa foveolata (Hansen, 1897)
Elthusa frontalis (Richardson, 1910)
Elthusa menziesi (Brusca, 1981)
Elthusa methepia (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
Elthusa myripristae Bruce, 1990
Elthusa nanoides (Stebbing, 1905)
Elthusa neocytta (Avdeev, 1975)
Elthusa ochotensis (Kussakin, 1979)
Elthusa parabothi Trilles & Justine, 2004
Elthusa parva (Nierstrasz, 1915)
Elthusa philippinensis (Richardson, 1910)
Elthusa propinqua (Richardson, 1904)
Elthusa pseudorhombus Aneesh, Helna, Kumar & Trilles, 2020
Elthusa raynaudii (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
Elthusa rotunda Van der Wal, Smit & Hadfield, 2019
Elthusa sacciger (Richardson, 1909)
Elthusa samariscii (Shiino, 1951)
Elthusa samoensis (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
Elthusa sigani Bruce, 1990
Elthusa splendida (Sadowsky & Moreira, 1981)
Elthusa tropicalis (Menzies & Kruczynski, 1983)
Elthusa turgidula (Hale, 1926)
Elthusa uranoscopus Aneesh, Helna, Kumar & Trilles, 2020
Elthusa vulgaris (Stimpson, 1857)
Elthusa xena Van der Wal, Smit & Hadfield, 2019
Emetha adriatica Bovallius, 1885
Emetha audouini Milne-Edwards, 1840
Enispa convexa (Richardson, 1905)
Enispa irregularis (Bleeker, 1857)
Glossobius albinae Kononenko, 1986
Glossobius anctus Bruce & Bowman, 1989
Glossobius arimae Nunomura, 2001
Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Glossobius crassa (Dana, 1853)
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & Williams, 1985
Glossobius impressus (Say, 1818)
Glossobius linearis (Dana, 1853)
Glossobius ogasawarensis Nunomura, 1992
Ichthyoxenos africana (Lincoln, 1972)
Ichthyoxenos amurensis (Gerstfeldt, 1858)
Ichthyoxenos asymmetrica Ahmed, 1970
Ichthyoxenos circularius Shen, 1940
Ichthyoxenos dentimaxillus Shen, 1940
Ichthyoxenos expansus Van Name, 1920
Ichthyoxenos formosanus Harada, 1930
Ichthyoxenos fushanensis Tsai & Dai, 1999
Ichthyoxenos geei Boone, 1921
Ichthyoxenos hsiakowensis Yu, 1935
Ichthyoxenos japonensis Richardson, 1913
Ichthyoxenos jellinghausii Herklots, 1870
Ichthyoxenos longenditus Shen, 1940
Ichthyoxenos micronyx (Miers, 1880)
Ichthyoxenos minabensis (Shiino, 1951)
Ichthyoxenos montanus Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Ichthyoxenos opisthopterygium Ishii, 1916
Ichthyoxenos puhi (Bowman, 1962)
Ichthyoxenos quadratus Shen, 1940
Ichthyoxenos sinensis Shen, 1940
Ichthyoxenos tanganyikae (Fryer, 1965)
Ichthyoxenos tchangi Yu, 1935
Ichthyoxenos yunnanensis Yu, 1935
Idusa dieuzeidei Dollfus, 1950
Idusa plagusiae Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Irona nana unspecified
Irona philippinensis Avdeev, 1973
Isonebula maculatus (Taberner, 1977)
Joryma brachysoma (Pillai, 1964)
Joryma engraulidis (Barnard, 1936)
Joryma sawayah Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Joryma tartoor (Pillai, 1954)
Kuna insularis (Williams & Williams, 1985)
Lathraena insidiosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Lironeca californica Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
Lironeca convexa Richardson, 1905
Lironeca desterroensis Thatcher, Souza-Conceição & Jost, 2003
Lironeca menziesi Brusca, 1981
Lironeca ovalis (Say, 1818)
Lironeca tropicalis Menzies & Kruczynski, 1983
Lironeca vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Livoneca desterroensis Thatcher, Souza-Conceiçao & Jost, 2003
Livoneca galinae Kononenko, 1989
Livoneca guianensis Van Name, 1925
Livoneca intermedia Nierstrasz, 1931
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca ricinoides in Risso, 1816
Lobothorax aurita (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
Lobothorax laevis Richardson, 1910
Lobothorax nicosmiti Aneesh, Bruce & Kumar, 2021
Lobothorax typus Bleeker, 1857
Mothocya andoni van der Wal, Smit, Bruce, Olaosebikan & Hadfield, 2021
Mothocya argenosa Bruce, 1986
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya belonae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya bermudensis Bruce, 1986
Mothocya bohlkeorum Williams & Williams, 1982
Mothocya collettei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya contracta Costa, 1851
Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851
Mothocya gilli Bruce, 1986
Mothocya girellae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya halei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya ihi Bruce, 1986
Mothocya karobran Bruce, 1986
Mothocya katoi Nunomura, 1992
Mothocya longicopa Bruce, 1986
Mothocya melanosticta (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
Mothocya nana (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
Mothocya omidaptria Bruce, 1986
Mothocya panamica Bruce, 1986
Mothocya parvostis Bruce, 1986
Mothocya plagulophora (Haller, 1880)
Mothocya powelli van der Wal, Smit, Bruce, Olaosebikan & Hadfield, 2021
Mothocya renardi (Bleeker, 1857)
Mothocya rosea Bruce, 1986
Mothocya sajori Bruce, 1986
Mothocya taurica (Czerniavsky, 1868)
Mothocya toyamaensis Nunomura, 1993
Mothocya trillesi (Rokicki, 1986)
Mothocya waminda Bruce, 1986
Mothocya xenobranchia Bruce, 1986
Nerocila aculeata Milne-Edwards, 1840
Nerocila acuminata Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
Nerocila arres Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila barramundae Bruce, 1987
Nerocila benrosei Bunkley-Williams & Williams, 1999
Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816)
Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
Nerocila californica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila congener Miers, 1880
Nerocila cuspidata Costa, 1851
Nerocila depressa Milne-Edwards, 1840
Nerocila donghaiensis Yu & Li, 2002
Nerocila excisa (Richardson, 1914)
Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954
Nerocila falcata (Fabricius, 1787)
Nerocila falklandica Cunningham, 1871
Nerocila fluviatilis Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila hemirhamphusi Shyamasundari, Hanumantha Rao & Jalaj Kumari, 1990
Nerocila heterozota Ahmed, 1970
Nerocila japonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila kisra Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila lanceolata (Say, 1818)
Nerocila livida Budde-Lund, 1908
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila longispina Miers, 1880
Nerocila loveni Bovallius, 1887
Nerocila maculata Milne-Edwards, 1840
Nerocila madrasensis Ramakrishna & Ramaniah, 1978
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila munda Harger, 1873
Nerocila orbignyi (Guerin-Meneville, 1832)
Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila pigmentata Bal & Joshi, 1959
Nerocila priacanthusi Jalaja Kumari, Hanumantha Rao & Shyam, 1988
Nerocila pulicatensis Babu & Raj, 1980
Nerocila recurvispina Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila serra Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Nerocila sigani Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila sundaica Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
Nerocila tenuipes Dana, 1853
Nerocila trichiura (Miers, 1877)
Nerocila trivittata Milne-Edwards, 1840
Norileca indica Milne-Edwards, 1840
Norileca triangulata (Richardson, 1910)
Olencira lamarckii Leach, 1818
Olencira praegustator (Latrobe, 1802)
Ourozeuktes bopyroides (Lesueur, 1814)
Ourozeuktes caudatus Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Ourozeuktes monacanthi Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Ourozeuktes owenii Milne-Edwards, 1840
Paracymothoa astyanaxi Lemos de Castro, 1955
Paracymothoa parva Taberner, 1976
Paracymothoa tholoceps Bowman, 1986
Philostomella cigarra Szidat & Schubart, 1960
Pleopodias diaphus Avdeev, 1975
Pleopodias elongatus Richardson, 1910
Pleopodias superatus Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1986
Pleopodias vigilans Richardson, 1911
Plotor indus Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Pseudoirona laeopsi Pillai, 1964
Renocila alkoo Bruce, 1987
Renocila bollandi Williams & Williams, 1987
Renocila bowmani Williams & Williams, 1980
Renocila colini Williams & Williams, 1980
Renocila curtipinnata Bruce, 1991
Renocila heterozota Bowman & Mariscal, 1968
Renocila indica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Renocila kohnoi Williams & Williams, 1987
Renocila limbata (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
Renocila loriae Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1992
Renocila ovata Miers, 1880
Renocila periophthalma Stebbing, 1900
Renocila plesiopi Bruce, 1987
Renocila quadrata Bruce, 1991
Renocila richardsonae Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1992
Renocila thresherorum Williams & Williams, 1980
Renocila waldneri Williams & Williams, 1980
Renocila yamazatoi Williams & Williams, 1987
Rhiothra callipia Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Riggia acuticaudata Thatcher, Lopes & Froehlich, 2002
Riggia brasiliensis Szidat & Schubart, 1960
Riggia cryptocularis Thatcher, de Conceiçao Lopes & Froehlich, 2003
Riggia nana Szidat & Schubart, 1960
Riggia paranensis Szidat, 1948
Ryukyua circularis (Pillai, 1954)
Ryukyua globosa Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1994
Telotha henselii (Martens, 1869)
Telotha indica Nierstrasz, 1915
Telotha lunaris Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Telotha silurii Szidat & Schubart, 1960
Tetragonocephalon lutianus Avdeev, 1978
Vanamea symmetrica (Van Name, 1925)
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