Title: Parasitic fauna of spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias L. off New Zealand
Abstract: A total of 55 individuah of Squa/u.1•acanthias were subject to detailed parasitologic examination.Eight parasite species belonging to the Monogenea, Cestoda, Trematoda, Nema toda, and Copepoda were found.The extent of infestation and location of parasites are described.The results arc compared with literature data on spiny dogfish infestation in other areas.* The fish individuala examined showed, according to the literature available to us, characteristics typical of Sq�alus acanthias.The only reservation was at first whether the species could have occurred so far south.A s1;1bsequent literature search (Bigelow and Schroeder, l 948; Fishes of the Western North Atlantic) did not dispel our doubts; however, Love and Moser /1983) in their work "A Chccklist of Parasites of California, Oregon, and Washington Marine and Estu�.rineFhhes" refer to S.acanthias as occurring also off New Zealand.Therefore we have decided to bring forth our data in their present form.