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Ergasilus chelangulatus
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sp. nov. (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) a branchial parasite of the
freshwater catfish, Pimelodus maculatus from the upper São Francisco River,
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of Pimelodus maculatus
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Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 5, p. 1-803. in Brazil, with
electron microscope observations. Fish were collected in Veados River, state of
São Paulo and the crustacean Ergasilus chelangulatus being
registered for the first time in this river, expanding its geographical
distribution in Brazil.
Epistylis ; Ergasilus chelangulatus ; Veados River; Brazil; epibiosis