''Lepotrema'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

trematodes Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host ...

in the

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Lepocreadiidae Lepocreadiidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.WoRMS (2018). Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108438 on 2018-10-17 Genera According to the World Register of Mar ...

. Species of this genus are encountered in a wide range of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

families in the orders

Tetraodontiformes The Tetraodontiformes are an order of highly derived ray-finned fish, also called the Plectognathi. Sometimes these are classified as a suborder of the order Perciformes. The Tetraodontiformes are represented by 10 extant families and at least ...

and

Perciformes Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means ...

, with one record from a

Pleuronectiformes A flatfish is a member of the ray-finned demersal fish order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migratin ...

Species

The following species are included in the genus, according to the World Register of Marine Species:WoRMS (2018). Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725278 on 2018-10-17 * '' Lepotrema acanthochromidis'' Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 * ''

Lepotrema adlardi ''Lepotrema'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Lepocreadiidae. Species of this genus are encountered in a wide range of fish families in the orders Tetraodontiformes and Perciformes Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Aca ...

'' (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1993) Bray & Cribb, 1996 * ''

Lepotrema amansis ''Lepotrema amansis'' is a species of lepocreadiid digenean parasitic in the intestine of marine fish. It was described in 2018. Hosts and localities The broom filefish, '' Amanses scopas'' (Tetraodontiformes: Monacanthidae) is the type-ho ...

'' Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 * '' Lepotrema amblyglyphidodonis'' Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 * '' Lepotrema canthescheniae'' Bray & Cribb, 1996 * ''

Lepotrema cirripectis ''Lepotrema'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Lepocreadiidae. Species of this genus are encountered in a wide range of fish families in the orders Tetraodontiformes and Perciformes, with one record from a Pleuronectiformes. Species The ...