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Taxonomy of Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
1033
12148
92586
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
995
11546
91261
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
562
6179
46428
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
189
2478
21445
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
32
618
4605
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
13
149
1567
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
75
672
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Cymothoidae Leach, 1818
GenusAegathoa
Dana, 1853
9Species
GenusAgarna
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
8Species
GenusAmblycephalon
Pillai, 1954
2Species
GenusAnilacra
Leach, 1818
  ⇒ Anilocra
0Species
GenusAnilocra
Leach, 1818
71Species
GenusAnphira
Thatcher, 1993
4Species
GenusArtystone
Schioedte, 1866
3Species
GenusAsotana
Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
3Species
GenusBadroulboudour
Leigh-Sharpe, 1937
1Species
GenusBambalocra
Bruce, Welicky, Hadfield & Smit, 2019
1Species
GenusBraga
Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
9Species
GenusBrucethoa
Aneesh, Hadfield, Smit & Kumar, 2020
4Species
GenusCatoessa
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
5Species
GenusCeratothoa
Dana, 1852
Tongue-biter
60Species
GenusCinusa
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
2Species
GenusCodonophilus
Haswell, 1881
  ⇒ Ceratothoa
7Species
GenusCreniola
Bruce, 1987
3Species
GenusCrenisopus
Wilson and Keable, 1999
1Species
GenusCteatessa
Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
  ⇒ Ceratothoa
1Species
GenusCterissa
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
3Species
GenusCymatoga
von Eichwald, 1863
1Species
GenusCymothoa
Fabricius, 1793
93Species
GenusCymothoe
Rafinesque, 1814
0Species
GenusElthusa
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
44Species
GenusEmetha
Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
2Species
GenusEmphylia
Koelbel, 1879
1Species
GenusEnispa
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
0Species
GenusEpichthys
Herklots, 1870
  ⇒ Anilocra
1Species
GenusGlossobius
Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
11Species
GenusGlyptothoa
Helna, Aneesh, Kumar & Ohtsuka, 2023
4Species
GenusIchthyophila
Erichson, 1840
0Species
GenusIchthyophilus
Berthold in Latreille, 1827
  ⇒ Nerocila
1Species
GenusIchthyoxenos
Herklots, 1870
23Species
GenusIchthyoxenus
Herklots, 1870
23Species
GenusIdusa
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
4Species
GenusIrona
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  ⇒ Mothocya
9Species
GenusIsonebula
Taberner, 1977
2Species
GenusJoryma
Bowman & Tareen, 1983
6Species
GenusKuna
Williams & Williams, 1986
1Species
GenusLathraena
Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
1Species
GenusLivoneca
Leach, 1818
46Species
GenusLivonectus
Airoldi, 1940
  ⇒ Livoneca
2Species
GenusLobothorax
Bleeker, 1857
5Species
GenusMothocya
Costa in Hope, 1851
38Species
GenusNebula
Taberner, 1977
0Species
GenusNerocila
Leach, 1818
76Species
GenusNorileca
Bruce, 1990
4Species
GenusOlencira
Leach, 1818
2Species
GenusOrozeuktes
Dana, 1852
  ⇒ Ourozeuktes
0Species
GenusOurozeuctes
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusOurozeuktes
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
5Species
GenusOurozeukthes
H. Milne Edwards, 1840
0Species
GenusParacymothoa
Lemos de Castro, 1955
4Species
GenusParvucymoides
Van der Wal, Schädel, Ekrt & Haug, 2021
1Species
GenusPhilostomella
Szidat & Schubart, 1960
1Species
GenusPleopodias
Richardson, 1910
5Species
GenusPlotor
Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
1Species
GenusPseudirona
Pillai, 1964
1Species
GenusPseudoirona
Pillai, 1964
1Species
GenusReniformis
1Species
GenusRenocila
Miers, 1880
21Species
GenusRhexanella
Stebbing, 1911
1Species
GenusRhiothra
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
1Species
GenusRiggia
Szidat, 1948
6Species
GenusRyukyua
Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1994
2Species
GenusSandythoa
Aneesh, Bruce, Helna & Biju Kumar, 2024
5Species
GenusSaophra
Schiödte & Meinert, 1883
  ⇒ Lobothorax
2Species
GenusSmenispa
Özdikmen, 2009
2Species
GenusTelethoa  ⇒ Telotha
4Species
GenusTelotha
Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
5Species
GenusTetragonocephalon
Avdeev, 1978
1Species
GenusUrozeuctes
van der Hoeven, 1849
2Species
GenusUrozeuctus
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusUrozeuktes  ⇒ Ourozeuktes
2Species
GenusVanamea
Thatcher, 1993
1Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Cymothoidae
EnglishFish Doctors, Tongue Biters


Distribution and Species lists of Cymothoidae Leach, 1818
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Albania
1 Genus  1 Species
Algeria
6 Genera  11 Species
Angola
5 Genera  4 Species
Argentina
13 Genera  19 Species
Australia
20 Genera  96 Species
Austria
2 Genera  2 Species
Bahamas
6 Genera  11 Species
Barbados
3 Genera  2 Species
Belgium
4 Genera  7 Species
Belize
6 Genera  7 Species
Bolivia
2 Genera  2 Species
Botswana
1 Genus  1 Species
Brazil
20 Genera  54 Species
Bulgaria
1 Genus  1 Species
Cameroon
2 Genera  0 Species
Canada
2 Genera  3 Species
Cape Verde
3 Genera  3 Species
Chile
7 Genera  8 Species
China
10 Genera  26 Species
Colombia
8 Genera  13 Species
Comoros
2 Genera  2 Species
Costa Rica
3 Genera  2 Species
Croatia
4 Genera  6 Species
Cuba
5 Genera  7 Species
Cyprus
2 Genera  1 Species
Czech Republic
1 Genus  1 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 Genera  5 Species
Denmark
3 Genera  3 Species
Djibouti
1 Genus  2 Species
Dominica
1 Genus  1 Species
Dominican Republic
3 Genera  4 Species
East Timor
1 Genus  1 Species
Ecuador
11 Genera  11 Species
Egypt
3 Genera  1 Species
El Salvador
2 Genera  1 Species
Equatorial Guinea
2 Genera  2 Species
Estonia
2 Genera  1 Species
Fiji
3 Genera  2 Species
Finland
1 Genus  1 Species
France
7 Genera  17 Species
Gabon
2 Genera  2 Species
Gambia
2 Genera  2 Species
Georgia
2 Genera  2 Species
Germany
2 Genera  2 Species
Ghana
2 Genera  2 Species
Greece
5 Genera  9 Species
Grenada
4 Genera  3 Species
Guatemala
1 Genus  0 Species
Guinea
2 Genera  2 Species
Guyana
3 Genera  4 Species
Haiti
5 Genera  5 Species
Honduras
2 Genera  2 Species
Iceland
1 Genus  1 Species
India
18 Genera  50 Species
Indonesia
18 Genera  41 Species
Iraq
1 Genus  1 Species
Ireland
2 Genera  2 Species
Israel
2 Genera  3 Species
Italy
12 Genera  28 Species
Jamaica
4 Genera  7 Species
Japan
16 Genera  48 Species
Kenya
3 Genera  5 Species
Kiribati
1 Genus  1 Species
Kuwait
8 Genera  11 Species
Lebanon
3 Genera  3 Species
Lesotho
1 Genus  1 Species
Liberia
3 Genera  3 Species
Luxembourg
1 Genus  1 Species
Madagascar
5 Genera  10 Species
Malawi
1 Genus  1 Species
Malaysia
8 Genera  12 Species
Maldives
3 Genera  3 Species
Malta
2 Genera  2 Species
Marshall Islands
2 Genera  3 Species
Mauritania
3 Genera  5 Species
Mauritius
9 Genera  12 Species
Mexico
11 Genera  26 Species
Micronesia
6 Genera  11 Species
Monaco
3 Genera  4 Species
Mongolia
1 Genus  1 Species
Morocco
3 Genera  3 Species
Mozambique
4 Genera  9 Species
Myanmar
3 Genera  4 Species
Namibia
3 Genera  4 Species
Netherlands
5 Genera  8 Species
New Zealand
6 Genera  18 Species
Nicaragua
1 Genus  1 Species
Nigeria
4 Genera  2 Species
Norway
8 Genera  18 Species
Pakistan
3 Genera  3 Species
Palau
2 Genera  2 Species
Palestine
1 Genus  0 Species
Panama
10 Genera  18 Species
Papua New Guinea
7 Genera  10 Species
Paraguay
4 Genera  3 Species
Peru
11 Genera  13 Species
Philippines
15 Genera  30 Species
Poland
1 Genus  1 Species
Portugal
4 Genera  7 Species
Republic South Africa
9 Genera  20 Species
Romania
1 Genus  1 Species
Russia
4 Genera  3 Species
Saint Lucia
3 Genera  3 Species
Samoa
4 Genera  2 Species
Saudi Arabia
3 Genera  4 Species
Senegal
4 Genera  8 Species
Seychelles
5 Genera  6 Species
Sierra Leone
2 Genera  3 Species
Singapore
5 Genera  10 Species
Solomon Islands
10 Genera  18 Species
Somalia
3 Genera  2 Species
South Korea
3 Genera  4 Species
South Sudan
1 Genus  1 Species
Spain
6 Genera  14 Species
Sri Lanka
7 Genera  10 Species
Sudan
2 Genera  1 Species
Suriname
5 Genera  5 Species
Sweden
5 Genera  9 Species
Switzerland
1 Genus  1 Species
Taiwan
11 Genera  14 Species
Tanzania
4 Genera  6 Species
Thailand
7 Genera  15 Species
Tonga
2 Genera  1 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
3 Genera  5 Species
Tunisia
2 Genera  3 Species
Turkey
7 Genera  10 Species
Ukraine
1 Genus  1 Species
United Kingdom
8 Genera  14 Species
Uruguay
4 Genera  3 Species
USA
24 Genera  73 Species
Vanuatu
3 Genera  2 Species
Venezuela
8 Genera  15 Species
Vietnam
3 Genera  2 Species
Yemen
4 Genera  5 Species
Zambia
2 Genera  2 Species
Zimbabwe
1 Genus  1 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Links, sources and further information
Cymothoidae at artfakta.se
Cymothoidae at biodiversity.org.au
Cymothoidae at dyntaxa.se
Cymothoidae at gbif.org
Cymothoidae at irmng.org
Cymothoidae at itis.gov
Cymothoidae at marinespecies.org