title: Octouncuhaptor
text: # Octouncuhaptor
  
  Octouncuhaptor is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Ancyrocephalidae.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The name of the genus is derived from the Latin words octo ("eight") and uncu ("hook"), and reflects the eight pairs of hooks on the haptor of the type species.
  
  ## Species
  
  According to the World Register of Marine Species, there is a single species in the genus:
  
  * Octouncuhaptor eugerrei Mendoza Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008
  
  This species is a parasite of the fish Eugerres brasilianus (Gerreidae) from Gatun Lake, Panama Canal Watershed. It has also been mentioned from the fish Eugerres plumieri in Mexico.
  
  