NEW HOSTS AND MORPHOMETRIC DATA FOR ENCHE LIOPHIS-DUBIUS (OPHIDIIFORMES, CARAPIDAE) IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Authors
CASTROAGUIRRE JL GARCIADOMINGUEZ F BALART EF
Citation
Jl. Castroaguirre et al., NEW HOSTS AND MORPHOMETRIC DATA FOR ENCHE LIOPHIS-DUBIUS (OPHIDIIFORMES, CARAPIDAE) IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, Revista de biologia tropical, 44(2), 1996, pp. 753-756
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Revista de biologia tropical → ACNP
ISSN journal
00347744
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
753 - 756
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-7744(1996)44:2<753:NHAMDF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
In several collections of clams belonging to the species Megapitaria s qualida, M. aurantiaca, Spondylus princeps and Laevicardium elatum, wh ich were taken from places near La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico, 35 specimens ( 75-120 mm of total lenght) of the tropical eastern Pacific pearlfish E ncheliophis dubius (Putman), were found. M. squalida is the preferred host, and its occasional hosts are the other three mentioned clam spec ies.