''Dipteropeltis hirundo'' is a little-known species of
fish louse
The family (biology), family Argulidae, whose members are commonly known as carp lice or fish lice, are parasite, parasitic crustaceans in the class Ichthyostraca. It is the only family in the monotypic subclass Branchiura and the order Arguloid ...
. It is an
ectoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
of
fish found in South America, including
piranhas and
barred sorubim.
References
Freshwater crustaceans of South America
Ectoparasites
Animal parasites of fish
Parasitic crustaceans
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