Table 2. Parasitic nematodes of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll and their infection parameters; N = number of fish examined. *Larval forms.
Hosts N Infected hosts Prevalence (%) Mean intensity (± SD)
Anisakidae
Pulchrascaris chiloscyllii Carcharhinus melanopterus 5 4 80 35 ± 26.5
Pulchrascaris sp.* Acanthurus triostegus 50 4 8 2.3 ± 1.9
Acanthurus xanthopterus 20 3 15 1.3 ± 0.6
Rhinecanthus aculeatus 18 2 11.1 1
Platybelone argalus 2 1 50 10
Carangoides ferdau 5 2 40 42 ± 58
Carangoides orthogrammus 3 2 67 52.5 ± 72.8
Caranx ignobilis 4 4 100 71.3 ± 106.5
Caranx melampygus 6 6 100 53.7 ± 106.4
Caranx papuensis 5 2 40 8 ± 9.9
Chaetodon auriga 13 1 8 1
Chanos chanos 5 1 20 2
Amblygobius phalaena 18 6 33 7.2 ± 8.6
Asterropteryx semipunctata 12 1 8 3
Valencienea sexguttata 14 1 7 1
Kyphosus cinerascens 2 1 50 7
Lutjanus fulvus 26 12 46 5.2 ± 3.7
Lutjanus monostigma 6 3 50 4.7 ± 3.2
Ellochelon vaigiensis 54 4 7 1.5 ± 0.6
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus 52 5 10 1.4 ± 0.4
Upeneus taeniopterus 5 3 60 3.7 ± 1.5
Gymnothorax pictus 7 1 14 3
Abudefduf septemfasciatus 12 1 8 1
Abudefduf sordidus 18 1 6 1
Stegastes nigricans 10 1 10 1
Hysterothylacium sp. type MD* Acanthurus triostegus 50 3 6 1.7 ± 0.6
Carangoides ferdau 5 2 40 1.0
Chaetodon lunula 14 7 50 3.3 ± 1.6
Chanos chanos 5 1 20 6
Kyphosus cinerascens 2 1 50 2
Abudefduf sordidus 18 1 6 3
Arothron hispidus 15 3 20 7.0 ± 5.0
Capillariidae
Capillariidae gen. sp. Chaetodon lunula 14 2 14 2.5 ± 0.7
Lutjanus fulvus 26 1 4 1
Ellochelon vaigiensis 54 3 6 1.7 ± 0.6
Cucullanidae
Cucullanus bourdini Arothron hispidus 15 7 47 6 ± 4.7
Cucullanus oceaniensis Abudefduf sordidus 18 2 11 1.5 ± 0.7
Cucullanus sp.* Caranx ignobilis 4 1 25 2
Cystidicolidae
Spinitectus (Paraspinitectus) palmyraensis sp. nov. Albula glossodonta 24 13 54 3.2 ± 4.0
Pseudascarophis sp. Chaetodon auriga 13 4 31 1
Chaetodon lunula 14 2 14 3 ± 2.8
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus 52 1 2 1
Philometridae
Philometra pellucida Arothron hispidus 15 6 40 20.8 ± 31.4