Host taxa for Cardicola Short, 1953

Animal Hosts

ACTINOPTERYGII

ISTIOPHORIDAE

• Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) — Black Marlin
      Cardicola grandis Lebedev & Mamaev, 1968 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]
• Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) — Indo-Pacific Sailfish
      Cardicola grandis Lebedev & Mamaev, 1968 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]
• Makaira nigricans Lacépède, 1802 — Blue Marlin
      Cardicola grandis Lebedev & Mamaev, 1968 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]

SCOMBRIDAE

• Scomberomorus munroi Collette & Russo, 1980 — Spotted Mackerel
      Cardicola bullardi Nolan, Miller, Cutmore, Cantacessi & Cribb, 2014 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]
• Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) — Southern Bluefin Tuna
      Cardicola forsteri Cribb, Daintith & Munday, 2000 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]

SIGANIDAE

• Siganus corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835) — Blue-spotted Spinefoot
      Cardicola watsonensis Nolan & Cribb, 2006 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]
• Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) — Mottled Spinefoot
      Cardicola parilus Nolan & Cribb, 2006 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]

Ungrouped

POMACENTRIDAE

• Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 — Whitley's sergeant
      Cardicola abu Yong, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]

SCOMBRIDAE

• Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) — Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
      Cardicola nolani Cutmore & Cribb, 2022 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]
• Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) — Southern bluefin tuna
      Cardicola orientalis Ogawa, Tanaka, Sugihara & Takami, 2010 [APOROCOTYLIDAE]

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