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Buccal Lice
Ceratothoa
Ceratothoa is a genus of isopod ectoparasites of teleost fish, first described by James Dwight Dana in 1852. Infection by Ceratothoa can cause anaemia, lesions, growth retardation, emaciation, and mortality in their fish hosts.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii
speciesCeratothoa gaudichaudii
Ceratothoa imbricata
speciesCeratothoa imbricata
Ceratothoa steindachneri
speciesCeratothoa steindachneri
Ceratothoa verrucosa
speciesCeratothoa verrucosa
Ceratothoa italica
speciesCeratothoa italica
Ceratothoa oestroides
speciesCeratothoa oestroides
Ceratothoa banksii
speciesCeratothoa banksii
Giant Tonguebiter
speciesCeratothoa springbok
Famous Tonguebiter
speciesCeratothoa famosa
Ceratothoa gilberti
speciesCeratothoa gilberti
African Tonguebiter
speciesCeratothoa africanae
Keel Tonguebiter
speciesCeratothoa carinata
Bulbous Tonguebiter
speciesCeratothoa retusa
Ceratothoa trigonocephala
speciesCeratothoa trigonocephala
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49939.