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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
496
3152
12962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
484
3129
12893
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
257
1597
6073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
89
614
2204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
19
204
627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
8
53
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
25
87
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North America
25 Genera with 87 Species
#ABCEGILMNORSV
Aegathoa Dana, 18184SpeciesTaxom
Agarna Schioedte & ..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 189914SpeciesTaxom
Artystone Schioedte, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Braga Schioedte & ..., 19181SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1818tongue-biter6SpeciesTaxom
Creniola Bruce, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18537SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18578SpeciesTaxom
Emetha Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18184SpeciesTaxom
Ichthyoxenos Herklots, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Irona Schioedte & ..., 18842SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 19526SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 198611SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 183211SpeciesTaxom
Norileca Bruce, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Olencira Leach, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Reniformis1SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19802SpeciesTaxom
Riggia Szidat, 1948
0SpeciesTaxom
Smenispa Özdikmen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Vanamea Thatcher, 19251SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North America
87 Species
Aegathoa linguifrons
Aegathoa loliginea Harger, 1878
Aegathoa medialis Richardson, 1900Open lupine
Aegathoa oculata Say, 1818
Agarna cumulus Haller, 1880
Anilocra acanthuri Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra acnathuri
Anilocra acuta Richardson, 1910
Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra elviae Winfield, Al..., 2002
Anilocra gigantea Herklots, 1870Parasitic Fish Isopod
Anilocra haemuli Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra holocentri Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Anilocra longicauda Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra meridionalis Richardson, 1914
Anilocra nemipteri Bruce, 1987
Anilocra occidentalis Richardson, 1899
Artystone trysibia Schioedte, 1866
Braga occidentalis Boone, 1918
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Ceratothoa gilberti Richardson, 1904
Ceratothoa laticauda (Milne Edwards, 1840)⇒ Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Ceratothoa transversa Richardson, 1900
Ceratothoa trigonocephala Leach, 1818
Creniola breviceps Schioedte & ..., 1881Large milkweed bug
Cymothoa bopyroides (Lesueur, 1814)⇒ Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Cymothoa parupenei Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa recta Dana, 1853
Elthusa alvaradoensis Rocha-Ramíre..., 2005
Elthusa arnoglossi Trilles & Ju..., 2006
Elthusa californica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa caudata Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa frontalis Richardson, 1910
Elthusa menziesi Brusca, 1981
Elthusa tropicalis Menzies & Kr..., 1983
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Emetha audouini H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Glossobius anctus Bruce & Bowman, 1989
Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Glossobius impressus Say, 1818
Ichthyoxenos puhi Bowman, 1962
Ichthyoxenus puhi Bowman, 1962
Irona melanosticta (Schioedte & ..., 1884)⇒ Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Irona nana (Schioedte & ..., 1884)⇒ Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca bowmani Brusca, 1981
Livoneca californica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca ovalis (Say, 1818)⇒ Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca panamensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca texana Pearse, 1952Springtime dewberry
Mothocya argenosa Bruce, 1986
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya bermudensis Bruce, 1986
Mothocya bohlkeorum Williams & B..., 1982
Mothocya collettei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya gilli Bruce, 1986
Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya rosea Bruce, 1986
Mothocya taurica Czerniavsky, 1868
Mothocya xenobranchia Bruce, 1986
Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & M..., 1881
Nerocila australasiae (Schioedte & ..., 1881)⇒ Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila breviceps (Schioedte & ..., 1881)⇒ Creniola breviceps Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila californica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila excisa Richardson, 1914
Nerocila fluviatilis Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila lanceolata Say, 1818
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila munda Harger, 1873Maui peperomia
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Norileca triangulata Richardson, 1910
Olencira praegustator Latrobe, 1802
Reniformis renifora
Renocila richardsonae Williams & B..., 1992
Renocila thresherorum Williams & W..., 1980
Smenispa convexa Richardson, 1905
Vanamea symmetrica Van Name, 1925


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