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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Rhabditida

Spirurina

              Physalopteroidea

               Physalopteridae

         Proleptinae

Paraleptus Wu, 1927

Type species of the genus: Paraletus scyllii Wu, 1927

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Small genus of nematodes parasitic in fishes, most considered inadequately described, especially regarding the details of the cephalic structures, which have specific and generic significance within the subfamily Proleptinae.
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Distribution:

Parasites of fish

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Feeding:

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References:

Tang, L-S., Gu, X-H., Wang, J-H., Ni, X-F., Zhou, K-F., Li, L. 2022. Morphological and molecular characterization of Paraleptus chiloscyllii Yin & Zhang, 1983 (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) from the brownbanded bambooshark Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes). Parasitology International 87:102511

Revised by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 24, 2026.