此篇報告中記錄六種寄生在台灣海水魚鰓上,屬於吸管口目、人形魚虱科的橈足類。他們分別為:寄生在眼眶魚[Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)]上的Lernanthropinus sphyraenae (Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959);寄生在烏魚(Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758)上的Lernanthropsis mugilii (Shishido, 1893);寄生在斑鰭白姑魚[Pennahia pawak (Lin, 1940)]上的Lernanthropus otolithi Pillai,1963;寄生在星雞魚[Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830)]上的Lernanthropus pomadasysis Rangnekar & Murti,1961;寄生在大眼鯛(Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829)上的Norion priacanthi (Kirtisinghe, 1956);以及寄生在青嘴龍占[Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)]上的Sagum vespertilio Kabata,1979。此六種皆為台灣水域的新記錄種,其中三種:L. otolithi,L. pomadasysis及N. priacanthi為太平洋海域的首次發現。另外,在本篇報告中將Sagum tuberculatum Pillai,1985歸類是Sagum vespertilio Kabata,1979的同種異名,而Lernanthropus pomadasysis Rangnekar & Murti,1961應為有效種,而非Lernanthropus abitocephalus Tripathi,1962的同種異名。
Six species of lernanthropid copepods (Siphonostomatoida: Lernanthropidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan are reported in this paper. They are: Lernanthropinus sphyraenae (Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959) from the moonfish Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); Lernanthropsis mugilii (Shishido, 1898) from the flathead mullet Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758; Lernanthropus otolithi Pillai, 1963 from the pawak croaker Pennahia pawak (Lin, 1940); Lernanthropus pomadasysis Rangnekar & Murti, 1961 from the javelin grunter Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830); Norion priacanthi (Kirtisinghe, 1956) from the red bigeye Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829; and Sagum vespertilio Kabata, 1979 from the spangled emperor Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). All six species are new to the waters of Taiwan and three of them, L. otolithi, L. pomadasysis and N. priacanthi are also new to the Pacific Ocean. In this paper Sagum tuberculatum Pillai, 1985 is relegated to the junior synonym of Sagum vespertilio Kabata, 1979 and Lernanthropus pomadasysis Rangnekar & Murti, 1961 is resurrected from the synonymy with Lernanthropus abitocephalus Tripathi, 1962.