BRAVOHOLLISIA GERUTI, NEW SPECIES (MONOGENEA: ANCYROCEPHALIDAE) FROM POMADASYS HASTA (OSTEICHTHYES: HAEMULIDAE) OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

Bravohollisia geruti, new species, has been collected from Pomadasys hasta (Bloch) off Pulau Ketam, Peninsular Malaysia. This new species is very similar to B. kritskyi Lim, 1995 in the overall size of their anchors and structure of the associated net-like secretions but are different in terms of the detailed shape of anchors, and shape and size of male copulatory organ and connective bars. It also differs from the other six known Bravohollisia species in the shape and size of the anchors, male copulatory organ and connective bars. Principal component analysis (PCA) of the morphometric data of the male copulatory organ and connective bars of the four known and one new Bravohollisia species from off Peninsular Malaysia also show that this new species is different from the four known Bravohollisia species based on these two features.