Philometra

Species of this genus are known to parasitize numerous species of fish, including: • Blacktip grouper • Herring scad • Bigeye scad • Bluefish ==Gallery==

File:Parasite170008-fig1 - Ovary of fish with visible Philometra females.png|Ovary of fish with visible Philometra females File:Parasite140007-fig6 Philometra fasciati Moravec & Justine, 2008 (Nematoda, Philometridae).tif|Philometra fasciati File:Parasite140007-fig1 Philometra austropacifica Moravec & Justine, 2014 (Nematoda, Philometridae).tif|Philometra austropacifica File:Parasite140007-fig9 Philometra selaris Moravec & Justine, 2014 (Nematoda, Philometridae).tif|Philometra selaris Parasite140132-fig1 Philometra protonibeae (Nematoda, Philometridae).png|Philometra protonibeae Parasite140132-fig2 Philometra protonibeae (Nematoda, Philometridae).png|Philometra protonibeae Parasite140132-fig3 Philometra protonibeae (Nematoda, Philometridae).png|Philometra protonibeae Parasite140132-fig4 Philometra sp. (Nematoda, Philometridae) from Lutjanus johnii.png|Philometra sp. ==Taxonomy==

The following species are recognized by the World Register of Marine Species: • Philometra gerrei Moravec & Manoharan, 2013 • Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) • Philometra lagocephali Moravec & Justine, 2008 • Philometra onchorhynchi Kuitinen-Ekbaum, 1933 • Philometra otolithi Moravec & Manoharan, 2013 • Philometra ovata (Zeder, 1803) • Philometra priacanthi Moravec & Justine, 2009 • Philometra rischta Skrjabin, 1917 • Philometra rubra (Leidy, 1856) • Philometra saltatrix Ramachandran, 1973 • Philometra sanguinea (Rudolphi, 1819) • Philometra scombresoxis Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964 • Philometra sphyraenae Moravec & Manoharan, 2013 • Philometra tauridica Ivashkin, Naidenova, Kovaleva & Khromova, 1971 • Philometra translucida Walton, 1927 Nomina dubia • Philometra brevicollis Moravec & Justine, 2011 • Philometra carolinensis Moravec, de Buron & Roumillat, 2006 • Philometra cephalus Ramachandran, 1975 • Philometra charlestonensis Moravec, de Buron, Baker & González-Solís, 2008 • Philometra cyanopodi Moravec & Justine, 2008 • Philometra cynoscionis Moravec, de Buron & Roumillat, 2006 • Philometra fasciati Moravec & Justine, 2008 • Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) • Philometra floridensis Moravec, Fajer-Avila & Bakenhaster, 2010 • Philometra genypteri Moravec, Chávez & Olivia, 2011 • Philometra gymnothoracis Moravec & Buron, 2009 • Philometra inimici Yamaguti, 1941 • Philometra isaki Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008 • Philometra jordanoi (López-Neyra, 1951) • Philometra justinei Moravec, Ternengo & Levron, 2006 • Philometra katsuwoni Petter & Baudin-Laurencin, 1986 • Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935) • Philometra lethrini Moravec & Justine, 2008 • Philometra macroandri (Shchepkina, 1978) • Philometra madai Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008 • Philometra managatuwo Yamaguti, 1941 • Philometra margolisi Moravec, et al., 1995 • Philometra mexicana Moravec & Salgado-Maldonado, 2007 • Philometra mira Moravec & Justine, 2011 • Philometra nemipteri Luo, 2001 • Philometra neolateolabracis Rajyalakshmi, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985 • Philometra neptomeni Mateo, 1972 • Philometra obladae Moravec, Gaglio, Panebianco & Giannetto, 2008 • Philometra obturans (Prennant, 1886) • Philometra ocularis Moravec, Ogawa, Suzuki, Miyazaki & Donai, 2002 • Philometra overstreeti Moravec & de Buron, 2006 • Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) • Philometra rajani Mukherjee, 1963 • Philometra sciaenae Yamaguti, 1941 • Philometra scomberomori (Yamaguti, 1935) • Philometra sebastisci Yamaguti, 1941 • Philometra serranellicabrillae Janiszewska, 1949 • Philometra strongylurae Moravec & Ali, 2005 • Philometra tenuicauda Moravec & Justine, 2009 • Philometra terapontis Moravec, Gopalakrishnan, Rajkumar, Saravanakumar & Kaliyamoorthy, 2011 • Philometra tylosuri Moravec & Ali, 2005 ==References==