Ceratothoa
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| Ceratothoa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Cymothoidae |
| Genus: | Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 |
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26 species (see text) | |
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Ceratothoa is a genus of isopod ectoparasites of teleost fish,[2][3] first described by James Dwight Dana in 1852.[1] Infection by Ceratothoa can cause anaemia, lesions, growth retardation, emaciation, and mortality in their fish hosts.[3]
