Nomenclature
original description
Ramachandran, P. (1975). Philometra cephalus sp. n. infecting the gonads of striped mullet, Mugil cephalus L., from the Arabian coast of Kerala, India, with note on its pathology. <em>Zool. Anz.,.</em> 194: 140–144. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. <em>Academia, Praha.</em> 635 pp. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Listed as a synonym of Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935) by Soota (1983). [details]
Taxonomy Radhakrishnan et al. (2010) indicate that this species is synonymous with P. lateolabracis, but continue ot use the name. [details]