Redescription of Metataeniacanthus synodi Pillai, 1963 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Taeniacanthidae) recovered from the snakefish (Actinopterygii) in Japan, with the first description of the male of the species.

Metataeniacanthus synodi Pillai, 1963 is redescribed based on specimens of both sexes recovered from the branchial lamellae of the snakefish, Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801) (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) in Japan. The description of the male is the first time for the species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]