Abstract / Introduction / Summary:
Ceratothoa verrucosa (Schioedte and Meinert, 1883) is a cymothoid isopod primarily parasitic on sparid fishes. Here, a couple of an adult female and an adult male of this isopod was found in the buccal cavity of each Evynnis tumifrons (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) and Pagrus major (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) specimen collected in Miyazaki Prefecture where the parasite has not been previously recorded. Therefore, the present finding represents the first occurrence of C. verrucosa in this prefecture. Additionally, we report couples of this isopod obtained from Nagasaki and Oita Prefectures.
