Abstract
Eight species of chondracanthid copepods (Poecilostomatoida) were recovered from nine species of flatfishes collected in Kerala, India. They are: Acanthochondria zebriae sp. nov. from Zebrias synaturoides; Bactrochondria papilla gen. et sp. nov. from Cynoglossus dubius; B. hoi (Pillai, 1985) from C. lida; Heterochondria pillai Ho, 1970 from C. lida, Pseudorhombus arsius, P. elevatus, P. javanicus and P. triocellatus; H. petila sp. nov. from P. arsius, P. javanicus and P. triocellatus; H. similis (Yu and Wu, 1932) from C. azureus; and both Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1868) and P. trilobatus (Pillai, 1964) from Psettodes erumi.
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