Checklist of parasites of New Zealand fishes and of their hosts

Abstract

Three hundred and fifty‐six species of parasites (70 Protozoa, 1 Aspidogastra, 82 Digenea, 37 Monogenea, 2 Cestodaria, 36 Cestoda, 59 Nematoda, 4 Acantho‐cephala, 6 Hirudinea, 53 Copepoda, 1 Branchiura, 2 Isopoda) are listed from 140 species of fish from New Zealand and the Subantarctic Islands. The hosts are divided into Agnatha (1 species), Elasmobranchii (21 species), Holocephali (1 species) and Teleostei (117 species) and listed within these groups in alphabetical order of genus and then species; parasites are listed with the species on which they occur and the site of parasitism is specified if known. Indexes are provided to the parasites and to the families of the host genera.