Suborder BUCEPHALATA La Rue, 1926
Host taxa for BUCEPHALATA La Rue, 1926
Animal Hosts
ACTINOPTERYGII
APLODACTYLIDAE
- Aplodactylus arctidens Richardson, 1842 — Marblefish
APOGONIDAE
- Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802) — Large Toothed Cardinalfish
ARIIDAE
- Neoarius graeffei (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) — Blue Salmon Catfish
ARRIPIDAE
- Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801) — Eastern Australian Salmon
BERYCIDAE
- Centroberyx affinis (Günther, 1859) — Redfish
- Centroberyx gerrardi (Günther, 1887) — Bight Redfish
- Centroberyx lineatus (Cuvier, 1829) — Swallow-tail
BLENNIIDAE
- Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) — Bluestriped Fangblenny
- Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) — Piano Fangblenny
CARANGIDAE
- Caranx papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 — Brassy Trevally
- Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — White Trevally
- Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 — Yellowtail Amberjack
CHAETODONTIDAE
- Chaetodon aureofasciatus Macleay, 1878 — Golden Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831 — Bluelashed Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 — Lined Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802) — Raccoon Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 — Oval Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 — Ornate Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 — Blueblotch Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 — Rainford's Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831 — Mirror Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 — Melon Butterflyfish
EMMELICHTHYIDAE
- Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson, 1845 — Redbait
- Plagiogeneion macrolepis McCulloch, 1914 — Bigscale Rubyfish
KYPHOSIDAE
- Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 — Silver sweep
LABRIDAE
- Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) — Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
MONACANTHIDAE
- Acanthaluteres vittiger (Castelnau, 1873) — Toothbrush Leatherjacket
- Meuschenia scaber (Forster, 1801) — Velvet Leatherjacket
MONODACTYLIDAE
- Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Silver Moony
OPLEGNATHIDAE
- Oplegnathus woodwardi (Waite, 1900) — Knifejaw
PLATYCEPHALIDAE
- Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch, 1914) — Freespine flathead
PLOTOSIDAE
- Euristhmus lepturus (Günther, 1864) — Long-tailed Catfish
- Neosilurus sp.
- Neosilurus ater (Perugia, 1894) — Narrowfront Tandan
- Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) — Tandan Catfish
SCOMBRIDAE
- Grammatorcynus bicarinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) — Shark Mackerel
- Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836) — Double-lined Mackerel
- Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Skipjack Tuna
SERRANIDAE
- Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801 — Peacock Hind
- Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828) — Bluespotted Hind
- Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) — Coral Hind
- Chromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828) — Barramundi Cod
- Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) — Brown-marbled Grouper
- Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) — Highfin Grouper
- Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 — Honeycomb Grouper
- Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) — Longfin Grouper
- Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) — Spotted Coralgrouper
- Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775) — Yellow-edged Lyretail
TERAPONTIDAE
- Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) — Fourlined Terapon
TETRAODONTIDAE
- Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Stars-and-stripes Puffer
MOLLUSCA
MYTILIDAE
- Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819 — Blue Sea Mussel
Ungrouped
BELONIDAE
- Tylosurus gavialoides (Castelnau) — Stout longtom
CONGRIDAE
- Conger cinereus Rüppell — Longfin African conger
LABRIDAE
- Choeorodon venustus (De Vis, 1884) — Blackspot tuskfish
- Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843) — Blue tuskfish
- Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885) — Graphic tuskfish
- Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830) — Sixbar wrasse
- Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) — Jansen's wrasse
- Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) — Moon wrasse
- Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål, 1775) — Surge wrasse
LATIDAE
- Lates calcarifer (Bloch) — Barramundi
LETHRINIDAE
- Lethrinus laticaudis (Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) — Grass emperor
- Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) — Spangled emperor
MONACANTHIDAE
- Amanses scopas Cuvier — Broom filefish
- Cantherhines pardalis Rüppell — Honey-comb leatherjacket
- Chaetodermis penicilligerus (Cuvier, 1816) — Tasselled leatherjacket
- Meuschenia freycineti Quoy & Gaimard — Sixspine leatherjacket
- Meuschenia hippocrepis Quoy & Gaimard — Horseshoe leatherjacket
MONODACTYLIDAE
- Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Silver dollar
MURAENIDAE
- Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott) — Abbott's moray
- Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker) — Giant moray
- Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (Bleeker) — Highfin moray
- Gymnothorax woodwardi McCulloch — Western moray
PLATYCEPHALIDAE
- Ambiserrula jugosa (McCulloch) — Mud flathead
- Inegocia japonica (Cuvier) — Japanese flathead
- Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus) — Bartail flathead
POMACENTRIDAE
- Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) — Bengal sergeant
SERRANIDAE
- Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton) — Orange-spotted grouper
- Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider) — Malabar grouper
SPARIDAE
- Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) — Yellowfin bream
- Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) — Snapper
TETRAODONTIDAE
- Arothron hispidus Linnaeus — Stars-and-stripes puffer
- Arothron manilensis Marion de Proce — Narrowlined puffer
- Arothron nigropunctatus Bloch & Schneider — Blackspotted puffer
- Arothron stellatus Anonymous — Starry puffer
- Lagocephalus lunaris Bloch & Schneider — Lunartail puffer
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