Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae
Anacanthorus amazonicus Van Every & Kristky, 1992
Type host.
Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus, 1766) ( Osteichthyes : Serrasalmidae ).
Infection site.
Gills.
Type locality.
Brazil, Amazonas State, Água Branca stream, Pitinga River.
Paratypes.
CHIOC 33389 a–b .
Remarks.
Specimens from CHIOC collected in the Uatamã River. Holotype deposited in the INPA collection. Other paratypes deposited in HWML and USNM. The CHIOC was cited in the original description as one of those collections of deposit, but its number was not informed there.
Reference.
Van Every and Kristky (1992).