The author describes three species of protcocephalid cestodes from the Pimelodid fish, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatus (L.) from rivers of Mato Grosso, Brazil: Nomimoscolex lopesi sp. n., Peltidocotyle rugosa Diesing, 1850 and Spatulifer rugosa (Woodland, 1935). P. rugosa is for the first time referred in this fish species. One hyperparasite nematode specimen was found in a strobila of S. rugosa.

Dos primerios 80 espécimens da sarda examinados (de janeiro a maio de 1982), apenas seis (7,5%) estavam livres de helmintos, apresentando os demais as espécies de parasitos seguintes, por ordem de freqüência dentro de cada grupo taxonômico: Kuhnia scombri (Kuhn, 1829) e Grubea cochlear (Diesing, 1858) (classe Monogenea); Lecithocladium excisum (Rudolph, 1819) e Opechona basillaris (Molin, 1859)(classe Digenea); pelrocercoides de Lacistrorhynchus tenuis (Beneden, 1858) de Scolex pleuronectis (Muller, 1788) e de Echeneibothrium sp. (classe Cestoda); Rhadinorhynchus tenuicornis (Linton, 1891) (filo Acanthocephala); formas dos tipos larvares Anisakis e Contracaecum e ainda, larvas de Goezia sp. (classe Nematoda). São referidas, pela primeira vez, neste hospedeiro, formas larvares do cestóide Echeneibothrium sp. e do nematóide Goezia sp.

Among fishes of importance in the Portuguese diet is the mackerel with a large geographical distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. The authors plan to recover the helminths of this host during the year, for taxonomic, zoogeographic and seasonal variation elements studies of potential importance to Public Health. Only six (7.5%) of the first 80 hosts examined (from January to May 1982) were not parasitized. In this paper we report the presence, by order of their frequency in each taxonomic group, of the following helminths: Kuhnia scombri (Kuhn, 1829) and Grubea cochlear (Diesing, 1858) (class Monogenea); Lecithocladium excisum (Rudolphi, 1819) and Opechona bacillaris (Molin, 1859) (class Digenea); plerocercoids of Lacistorhynchus tenuis (Beneden, 1858), of Scolex pleuronectis (Muller, 1788) and of Echeneibothrium sp. (class Cestoda); Rhadinorhynchus tenuicornis (Linton, 1891) (phylum Acanthocephala); larval forms of Anisakis and Contracaecum as well as larvae of Goezia sp. (class Nematoda).Larval forms of the cestode Echeneibothrium sp. and the nematode Goezia sp. are reported in this host, for the first time.

Os autores identificaram as seguintes espécies de helmintos, coletados de 50 cavalas, Scomber japonicus, no Rio de Janeiro: Kuhnia scombri (Kuhn, 1829) e Grubea cochlear (Diesing, 1858) (Monogenea); Opechona orientalis (Layman, 1930), Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1942 e Nematobothrium scombri (Taschenberg, 1879) (Digenea); plerocercos de Trypanorhyncha Scolex pleuronectis Müller, 1788 e Rhinebothrium sp. (Cestoda); Bolbosoma sp. (Acanghocephala) e Anisakidae larvares (Nematoda), identificados aos tipos larvares Raphidascaris, Phocanema, Contracaecum e Anisakis tipo 1. Os digenéticos foram os de maior incidência, 84% dos peixes mostraram-se parasitados por uma ou mais espécies. Quanto às espécies, a de maior incidência foi Nematobothrium scombri (Digenea, Didymozoidae), em 46% dos peixes. São pela primeria vez assinalados Scomber japonicus larvas de Phillobothiidae, possivelmente Rhinebothrium, além de larvas de Anisakis do tipo 1. São pela primeira vez assinaladas no Brasil as espécies, Grubea cochlear, Kuhnia scombri, Nematobothrium scombri e Opechona orientalis.

There were identified twelve species of helminths from fifty "Spanish Mackerel", Scomber japonicus Houtt, in Rio de Janeiro; Kuhnia scombri (Kuhn, 1829), and Grubea cochlear (Diesing, 1859) (Monogenea); Opechona orientalis (Layman, 1930), Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1942 e Nematobothrium scombri (Taschengerg, 1879) (Digenea); plerocercus of Trypanorhyncha, Scolex pleuronectis Müller, 1788 and Rhinebothrium sp. (Cestoda); Bolbosoma sp. (Acanthocephala) and larval Anisakidae (Nematoda), types Raphidascaris, Phocanema, Contracaecum and Anisakis I. Larval Phillobothriid, following species are referred in Brazil for the first time: Grubea cochlear, Kuhnia scombri, Nematobothrium scombri and Opechona orientalis.

Foram estudados os Cephalobaenidae (Pentastomida), depositados na coleção helmintológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz e na coleção de parasitologia do Instituto Butantan. São redescritas e discutidas as espécies, Cephalobaena tetrapoda, C. freitasi, C. giglioli, Raillietiella furcocerca e Mahafaliella venteli. Esses parasitas foram coletados dos répteis: Lachesis sp., Drymarchon c. corais, Xenodon merremii, Crotatus terrificus, Amphisbaena sp., Tropidurus torquatus, Bothrops atrox, Mabuya punctata e de Bufo paracnemis (anfíbio).

In this work the author studies Cephalobaenidae parasites using specimens from the helminthological collection of the Oswaldo Cruz and Butantan Institutes. This material was collected from Lachesis sp., Drymarchon corais, Xenodon merremii, Crotalus terrificus, Amphisbaena sp., Tropidurus torquatus, Bothrops atrox, Mabuya punctata (Reptilia) and Bufo paracnemis (Amphibia). The species studied are Cephalobaena tetrapoda Heymons, 1922, Cephalobaena giglioli (Hett, 1924) comb. n., Cephalobaena freitasi (Motta & Gomes, 1968) comb. n., Raillietiella furcocerca (Diesing, 1836) and Mahafaliella venteli (Motta, 1965). C. recurvocauda becomes a synonym of C. tetrapoda and as do the specimens that Motta called erronously R. furcocerca. Raillietiella giglioli is changed to Cephalobaena giglioli (Hett, 1924) comb. n. The author describes here the male of C. giglioli for the first time. Travassostulida freitasi and T. acutiacanthus enter in synonymy with C. freitasi, and T. acutiacanthus is considered to be a subspecies of C. freitasi. Raillietiella gomesi becomes a synonym of R. furcocerca. The author discusses Mahafaliella venteli, and also questions the validity of the genus Gretillaria proposed by Motta for some species of Raillietiella. The latter is considered a synonym of Raillietiella.

Na presente nota estudamos alguns cestódeos coletados de Sarda chilensis (Cuv.) peixe comum da costa do pacífico, enviado por um de nós (N.I.H); o material era constituído por vários espécimes de Phyllobothriidae e paenas trêss de Onchobothriidae, infelizmente todos comprimidos; não obstante aqui fazemos o seu estudo por ser tratar de material de interêsse.