Host taxa for CERATOMYXIDAE
Animal Hosts
ACTINOPTERYGII
APOGONIDAE
- Apogon doederleini Jordan & Snyder
- Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepède)
- Ostorhinchus cooki (Macleay)
- Ostorhinchus cyanosoma (Bleeker)
ARRIPIDAE
- Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801) — Eastern Australian Salmon
BLENNIIDAE
- Petroscirtes fallax Smith-Vaniz, 1976 — Yellow Sabretooth Blenny
BOTHIDAE
- Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830) — Leopard Flounder
CARANGIDAE
- Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 — Yellowtail Kingfish
CHAETODONTIDAE
- Chaetodon aureofasciatus Macleay, 1878 — Golden-striped Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 — Rainford’s Butterflyfish
- Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 — Vagabond butterflyfish
HEMIRAMPHIDAE
- Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1847) — Slender Garfish
LABRIDAE
- Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) — Floral Wrasse
- Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875) — Purple Tuskfish
- Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843) — Blue Tuskfish
- Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884) — Venus Tuskfish
- Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacepede, 1801) — Cheek-lined Wrasse
- Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 — Günther’s Wrasse
- Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) — Moon Wrasse
LETHRINIDAE
- Gymnocranius audleyi Ogilby, 1916 — Collar Seabream
- Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale, 1910 — Pacific Yellow-tail Emperor
- Lethrinus harak Forsskål, 1775 — Thumbprint Emperor
LUTJANIDAE
- Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) — Hussar
- Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) — Dory Snapper
MUGILIDAE
- Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) — Square-tail Mullet
PLATYCEPHALIDAE
- Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) — Small-eyed Flathead
POLYNEMIDAE
- Polydactylus macrochir (Günther, 1867) — King Threadfin
POMACENTRIDAE
- Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) — Scissortail Sergeant
- Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 — Whitley’s Sergeant
- Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) — Spiny Chromis, Spiny Puller
- Chrysiptera cyanae (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) — Sapphire Devil
- Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Whitetail Dascyllus
- Dischistodus chrysopoecilus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839) — Lagoon Damsel
- Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier, 1830) — White Damsel
- Neoglyphidodon melas (Cuvier, 1830) — Bowtie Damselfish
- Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859) — Singlebar Devil
- Pomacentrus chrysurus (Cuvier, 1830) — Whitetail Damsel
- Pomacentrus wardi Whitley, 1927 — Ward’s Damsel
SCORPAENIDAE
- Scorpaenopsis gibbosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — False Stonefish
SERRANIDAE
- Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790) — Brown-barred Rockcod, Chocolate Hind
- Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) — Black-tipped Rock-cod, Blacktip Grouper
- Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) — Highfin Grouper
- Epinephelus quoyanus (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) — Longfinned Wire Netting Cod, Longfin Grouper
- Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepede, 1802) — Leopard Coral Trout
SIGANIDAE
- Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835) — Golden-lined Spinefoot
SILLAGINIDAE
- Sillago ciliata Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 — Sand Whiting
SPHYRAENIDAE
- Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829 — Blackspot Barracuda
TETRAODONTIDAE
- Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Stars-and-stripes Puffer
- Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822) — Narrowlined Puffer
- Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — Blackspotted Puffer
- Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) — Starry Puffer
CHONDRICHTHYES
CARCHARHINIDAE
- Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) — Blacktip Reef Shark
- Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) — Lemon Shark
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