Host taxa for Pterobothrium Diesing, 1850

Animal Hosts

ACTINOPTERYGII

CARANGIDAE

• Scomberoides tala (Cuvier, 1832) — Barred Queenfish
      Pterobothrium heteracanthum Diesing, 1850 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

DIODONTIDAE

• Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier, 1818 — Globe Fish
      Pterobothrium lintoni (MacCallum, 1916) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

LATIDAE

• Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) — Barramundi
      Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum Escalante & Carrajal, 1984 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

MONACANTHIDAE

• Meuschenia freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) — Sixspine Leatherjacket
      Pterobothrium lintoni (MacCallum, 1916) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

PLEURONECTIDAE

• Rhombus maximus Linnaeus, 1758
      Pterobothrium lintoni (MacCallum, 1916) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

SCIAENIDAE

• Protonibea diacanthus (Lacépède, 1802) — Black Jewfish
      Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum Escalante & Carrajal, 1984 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

SCOMBRIDAE

• Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800) — Spanish Mackerel
      Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum Escalante & Carrajal, 1984 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

CHONDRICHTHYES

CARCHARHINIDAE

• Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) — Common Blacktip Shark
      Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum Escalante & Carrajal, 1984 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]
• Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) — Milk Shark
      Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum Escalante & Carrajal, 1984 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

DASYATIDAE

• Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) — Smooth Sting Ray
      Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]
• Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) — Smooth Stingray
      Pterobothrium lintoni (MacCallum, 1916) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]
• Himantura fai Jordan & Seale, 1906 — Pink Whipray
      Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]
• Himantura jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) — Jenkins’ Whipray
      Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

PRISTIDAE

• Anoxypristis cuspidata (Latham, 1794)
      Pterobothrium australiense Campbell & Beveridge, 1996 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]
• Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 — Green Sawfish
      Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum Escalante & Carrajal, 1984 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]
      Pterobothrium australiense Campbell & Beveridge, 1996 [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]
• Pristis zjisron (Bleeker, 1851) — Green Sawfish
      Pterobothrium pearsoni (Southwell, 1929) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

RHINOBATIDAE

• Aptychotrema vincentiana (Haacke, 1885) — Western Shovelnose Ray
      Pterobothrium lintoni (MacCallum, 1916) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

UROLOPHIDAE

• Urolophus gigas Scott, 1954 — Spotted Stingaree
      Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]
• Urolophus paucimaculatus Dixon, 1969 — Sparsely Spotted Stingaree
      Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) [PTEROBOTHRIIDAE]

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