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- ↑ Thatcher, V. E. & Sparks, A. K. (1958). A new species of Dicrogaster (Trematoda, Haploporidae) from Mugil cephalus in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology, 44, 647–648.
- ↑ Fernández Bargiela, J. (1987). Los parasitos de la lisa Mugil cephalus L., en Chile: Sistematica y aspectos poblacionales (Perciformes: Mugilidae). Gayana Zoología . Universidad de Concepcion Chile, 51, 3–58.
