Host taxa for ICHTHYOPHTHIRIIDAE
Animal Hosts
ACTINOPTERYGII
ANGUILLIDAE
- Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 — Short-finned Eel
- Anguilla sp.
CENTROPOMIDAE
- Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) — Barramundi, Giant Perch
CYPRINIDAE
- Barbus sp.
- Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Golden Carp, Goldfish
ELEOTRIDAE
- Gobiomorphus gobioides (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) — Bullie
GALAXIIDAE
- Galaxias brevipinnis Günther, 1866 — Inangi, Climbing Galaxias
- Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) — Common Galaxias
GERREIDAE
- Gerres subfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) — Silver Biddy
GLAUCOSOMATIDAE
- Glaucosoma hebraicum Richardson, 1845 — Dhufish
LETHRINIDAE
- Gymnocranius audleyi Ogilby, 1916 — Collar Seabream
- Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — Redthroat Emperor
LUTJANIDAE
- Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) — Yellow Stripey
- Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker, 1849) — Moses' Snapper
MELANOTAENIIDAE
- Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982 — Lake Eacham Rainbowfish
- Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866) — Western Rainbowfish
PERCICHTHYIDAE
- Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, 1848 — River Blackfish
- Maccullochella macquariensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) — Trout Cod
- Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838) — Murray Cod
- Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) — Golden Perch
- Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830 — Macquarie Perch
- Macquaria novemaculeata (Steindachner, 1866) — Australian Bass
PLOTOSIDAE
- Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) — Freshwater Catfish
RETROPINNIDAE
- Retropinna semoni (Weber, 1895) — Australian Smelt
SALMONIDAE
- Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) — Rainbow Trout
- Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 — Brown Trout
SCATOPHAGIDAE
- Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) — Spotted Scat
SERRANIDAE
- Epinephelus quoyanus (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) — Longfinned Wire Netting Cod, Longfin Grouper
- Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepede, 1802) — Leopard Coral Trout
SILLAGINIDAE
- Sillago ciliata Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 — Sand Whiting
- Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 — Trumpeter Whiting
SPARIDAE
- Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) — Common Marine Bream, Yellowfin Bream
- Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) — Tarwhine
TERAPONTIDAE
- Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) — Silver Perch
TETRAODONTIDAE
- Tetractenos hamiltoni (Gray & Richardson, 1843) — Common Toadfish
- Tetraodon sp.
- Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903) — Weeping Toadfish
AMPHIBIA
MYOBATRACHIDAE
- Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) — Striped Marsh Frog
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