Abstract
The following fish from the Australian east coast belonging to the family Scombridae were examined for monogenean gill parasites: 29 Scomberomorus commersoni, 3 S. queenslandicus, 1 Sawara niphonius, 2 Grammatorcynus bicarinatus, 6 Cybiosarda elegans. Gotocotyla bivaginalis, G. secunda, Pricea multae, Pseudothoracocotyla indica comb. nov. and P. gigantica sp. nov. are described, and their distribution on the gills, as well as that of some parasitic copepods, is discussed. It is concluded that the restriction of habitats on the gills is not due to interspecific competition or reinforcement of reproductive barriers, but to the increased probability of intraspecific contact and thus mating. Four of the five monogenean species recorded from mackerel on the Australian east coast have also been found in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.
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