Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi

Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi is a species of diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of dusky grouper Mycteroperca marginata.

It was described by Guy Oliver in 1986 as Cycloplectanum riouxi,[2] then transferred to the genus Pseudorhabdosynochus by Santos, Buchmann & Gibson in 2000.

[3] Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi is a small monogenean, 0.3 mm in length.

The name of the species, riouxi, honours Professor Jean-Antoine Rioux, "as President of the Société Française de Parasitologie".

[2] The type-host is the dusky grouper Mycteroperca marginata (Perciformes, Epinephelidae) sometimes designated by its synonyms in parasitological publications (Epinephelus guaza or Epinephelus marginatus).

Homologies of the sclerotized vaginae in species of the Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi group
The dusky grouper is the host of Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi