[Morphology and distribution of Salmincola stellatus (Copepoda: Lernaepodidae) from the Sakhalin taimen Parahucho perryi (Salmonidae) from Primor'e].

The parasitic copepod Salmincola stellatus Markewitsch, 1936 is reported from the Sakhalin taimen Parahucho perryi which were collected in Primorye (Amgu River and Velikaja Kema River, october, 1998), near the type locality of this species copepod. The copepods were allocated in the buccal cavity of the fishes. Morphological peculiarities of female, host specific, geographical distribution of this poorly studied copepod species are briefly discussed. Description were based on the original material. S. stellatus was not found on the species of the another salmonid genera--Brachymystax, Hucho, Oncorhynchus, Salvelinus, Thymallus.