''Parupeneus heptacanthus'', commonly known as cinnabar goatfish, and sold in UK as "Red Mullet", is a marine fish native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Parasites
As in other fish, the cinnabar goatfish has many
parasites, including the
physalopterid nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
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Rasheedia heptacanthi
''Rasheedia heptacanthi'' is a parasitic nematode in the genus ''Rasheedia''.
The species is an intestinal parasite of the Cinnabar goatfish '' Parupeneus heptacanthus'' ( Mullidae) and '' Dentex fourmanoiri'' (Sparidae) off New Caledonia.
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Fish of Thailand
Fish described in 1802
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Fish of the Indian Ocean
heptacanthus
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