FAMILY Raphidascarididae Hartwich, 1954 [as subfamily of Anisakidae; Fagerholm 1990 p.20] SUBFAMILY Aliascarinae Kalyankar, 1971 GENUS Aliascaris Kalyankar, 1971 SPECIES Aliascaris aetoplateae Luo, 2001:283 [Parasite of Aetoplatea zonura in Pisces, in Chinese, English p. 288] SPECIES Aliascaris indica Kalyankar, 1971 SUBFAMILY Lappetascarinae Rasheed, 1965 [Description; Sokolov 2004 p.566] GENUS Lappetascaris Rasheed, 1965 SPECIES Lappetascaris chandipurensis Gupta & Masoodi, 1990:161 [host Johinus bleekeri in Pisces] SPECIES Lappetascaris lutjani Rasheed, 1965 SPECIES Lappetascaris suraiyae Kalyankar, 1975 SUBFAMILY Paranisakinae Hartwich, 1974 GENUS Paranisakiopsis Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Paranisakiopsis australiensis Johnston & Mawson, 1945 SPECIES Paranisakiopsis coelorhynchi Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Paranisakiopsis lintoni Johnston & Mawson, 1945 SPECIES Paranisakiopsis weddelliensis Rocka, 2002:297 [Parasite of Macrourus whitsoni in Pisces] GENUS Paranisakis Baylis, 1923 [Redescription; Rajya Lakshmi, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari 1989 p.56] [=Ichthyanisakis Gendre, 1928] [=Ortoanisakis Mozgovoi, 1951] [as subgenus; Yamaguti 1961] SPECIES Paranisakis halieutaeae Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Paranisakis johrii Naqvi & Gupta, 1987:79 [host Sciaena beleneri in Pisces] SPECIES Paranisakis kherai Gupta & Garg, 1977 SPECIES Paranisakis lophii Yamaguti, 1935 SPECIES Paranisakis monodi (Gendre, 1928) [host Uranoscopos saber] [=Ichthyanisakis monodi Gendre, 1928] SPECIES Paranisakis multipapillus Rajyalakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1991:309 [hosts Arius & Histiophorus in Pisces] SPECIES Paranisakis muraenesocis Yamaguti, 1935 SPECIES Paranisakis parva Kreis, 1937 SPECIES Paranisakis pastinacae Rudolphi, 1819 SPECIES Paranisakis pleuronectis Mamaev, Parukhin & Baeva, 1963 SPECIES Paranisakis quadrata Linstow, 1905 SPECIES Paranisakis sciaenae (Khan & Begum, 1971) [=Ortoanisakis sciaenae Khan & Begum, 1971] SPECIES Paranisakis squatinae Baylis, 1923 [Description; Sprent 1990 p.44; host Squatina squatina] SPECIES Paranisakis striatus Rajyalakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1986:279 [host Istiophorus gladius in Pisces] SPECIES Paranisakis taeniurae Thwaite, 1927 SPECIES Paranisakis yamagutii Naqvi & Gupta, 1987:81 [host Trichiuris muticus in Pisces] SUBFAMILY Raphidascaridinae Hartwich, 1954 GENUS Heterotyphlum Spaul, 1927 [?] SPECIES Heterotyphlum attui Kaur, 1990 SPECIES Heterotyphlum himantolophi Spaul, 1927 [Description; Solovyeva 1994 p.154] SPECIES Heterotyphlum obtusocaudatum Zeder, 1800 GENUS Hysterothylacium Ward & Magath, 1917 [for 1916; type is brachyurum; Diagnostic; Rajyalakshmi 1997 p.153] [=Erschovicaecum Mosgovoy, 1951] [misspelling?; CIH Key 2] [=Erschowicaecum Mozgovoi, 1951] [syn. of Thynnascaris; as subgenus of Contracaecum] [=Iheringascaris Pereira, 1935] [type is inquies; syn. of Thynnascaris] [=Maricostula Bruce & Cannon, 1989:1420] [Type is M. makairi; syn. Moravec & Justine 2005 p. 108] [=Simplexonema Kreis, 1952] [nom.nud;.syn. of Thynnascaris] [=Thynnascaris Dollfus, 1933] [not a syn. Deardorff & Overstreet 1981 p.1036; Description; Kagei, Kihata & Asano 1977 p.5] SPECIES Hysterothylacium aduncum Rudolphi, 1802 [=Hysterothylacium aduncum Norris & Overstreet, 1976] [??; Description; Solonchenko & Kovaleva 1985 p.65] SPECIES Hysterothylacium aetobatum Lakshmi, 2005:170 [India; Andhra Pradesh (marine), Parasite of Aetobatus narinari in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium amoyense Hsu, 1933 SPECIES Hysterothylacium analarum Rye & Baker, 1984:2307 [host Lepomis gibbosus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium arii Yamaguti, 1954 SPECIES Hysterothylacium arnoglossi Petter & Maillard, 1988:790 [host Arnoglossus laterna in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium assi Parukhin, 1973 SPECIES Hysterothylacium auctum Rudolphi, 1802 SPECIES Hysterothylacium baylisi Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Hysterothylacium bidentatum Linstow, 1899 [Acipenser gueldenstaedti in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium bifidalatum Petter & Maillard, 1988:786 [host Epinephelus aeneus in Pisces] TYPE SPECIES Hysterothylacium brachyurum Ward & Magath, 1917 [ syn. Margolis & Arthur 1979 p.107] SPECIES Hysterothylacium brachyurum Ward & Magath, 1917 SPECIES Hysterothylacium carangis (Kalyankar, 1972) [=Thynnascaris carangis Kalyankar, 1972] SPECIES Hysterothylacium carutti Rajyalakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1993:1 [host Johnius carutta in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium cenatica (Bruce & Cannon, 1989):1421 [host Tetrapterus audax in Pisces; syn. Moravec & Justine 2005 p.105] [=Maricostula cenatica Bruce & Cannon, 1989] SPECIES Hysterothylacium cenotae Pearse, 1936 [Redescription; Moravec, Scholz, Vivas Rodriguez, Vargas Vazquez & Mendoza Franco 1996 p.144] SPECIES Hysterothylacium channai Rajyalakshmi, 1995:221 [host Channa punctatus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium chaunaxi (Olsen, 1952) [syn. Deardorff & Overstreet 1981 p.1056] [=Contracaecum chaunaxi Olsen, 1952] SPECIES Hysterothylacium chorinemi Parukhin, 1966 [syn. Bruce & Cannon 1989 p.1415] SPECIES Hysterothylacium chrysostomi Bruce, 1990:395 [host Lethrinus chrysostomus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium clavatum Rudolphi [see Contracaecum] SPECIES Hysterothylacium coiliae Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Hysterothylacium collare Cobb, 1929 SPECIES Hysterothylacium cornutum Stossich, 1904 [Redescription; Bruce & Cannon 1989 p.1406] SPECIES Hysterothylacium corrugatum Deardorff & Overstreet, 1981:1062 [host Xiphias gladius in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium coryphaenoidi Parukhin, 1989:57 [host Branchiostegus striatura in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium cyclopteri Kreis, 1952 SPECIES Hysterothylacium dollfusi Schmidt, Leiby & Kritsky, 1974 SPECIES Hysterothylacium elurensis Rajyalakshmi & Lakshmi, 1995:3 [Eluru, Host Wallago attu in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium epinepheli Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Hysterothylacium eurycheilum (Olsen, 1952) [Description; Deardorff & Overstreet 1981 p.429] [=Heterotyphlum eurycheilum Olsen, 1952] SPECIES Hysterothylacium fabri Rudolphi, 1819 [Redescription; Petter & Radujkovic 1986 p.498] [=Ascaris filiformis Stossich, 1904] [syn. Petter & Radujkovic 1986 p.498] SPECIES Hysterothylacium fluviatile Moravec & Sey, 1988:262 [host Pangasius pangasius in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium fortalezae (Klein, 1973) [syn. Deardorff & Overstreet 1981 p.1039; Description; Guimaraes & Cristofaro 1974 p.81] [=Contracaecum fortalezae Klein, 1973] SPECIES Hysterothylacium fossilii Rajyalakshmi, 1996:170 [Machilipatnam, Host Heteropneustes fossilis in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium gadi (Mueller, 1776) [=Echinorynchus gadi Mueller, 1776] SPECIES Hysterothylacium geschei Torres, Andrade & Silva, 1998:746 [Lake Panguipulli, Host Cauque mauleanum in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium gracile Yamaguti, 1935 SPECIES Hysterothylacium habena Linton, 1900 SPECIES Hysterothylacium hanumantharaoi (Rajya Lakshmi & Shyamasundari, 1991):360 [host Xiphias gladius in Pisces] [=Thynnascaris hanumantharaoi Rajya Lakshmi & Shyamasundari, 1991] SPECIES Hysterothylacium hapalogenyos Yamaguti, 1961 SPECIES Hysterothylacium haze (Machida, 1978):241 [piscean host] [=Thynnascaris haze Machida, 1978] SPECIES Hysterothylacium histiophori Yamaguti, 1935 [Redescription; Bruce & Cannon 1989 p.1425] SPECIES Hysterothylacium hospitum Solovjeva & Pozdnjakov, 1984:66 [host Prionace glauca in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium ilishae Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Hysterothylacium increscens Molin, 1858 SPECIES Hysterothylacium incurvum Rudolphi, 1819 [syn. Bruce & Cannon 1989 p.1428] SPECIES Hysterothylacium incurvum Rudolphi, 1819 [Diagnostic; Solovjeva & Pozdnjakov 1984 p.67] SPECIES Hysterothylacium inquies Linton, 1901 [=Contracaecum megacephalum Oschmarin, 1963] [syn. Bruce & Cannon 1989 p.1418] SPECIES Hysterothylacium japonicum Moravec & Nagasawa, 1998:39 [Japan, Toyama Bay, Host Trachipterus ishikawai in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium kiranii Rajyalakshmi, 1993:83 [host Channa punctatus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium krishnai Rajyalakshmi, 1992:300 [host Anabas testudineus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium legendrei (Dollfus, 1933) [=Thynnascaris legendrei Dollfus, 1933] SPECIES Hysterothylacium leptaspi Bruce, 1990:391 [host Arius leptaspis in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium longicaecum Rajyalakshmi, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1993 SPECIES Hysterothylacium lophii Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935 SPECIES Hysterothylacium magnum Smedley, 1934 SPECIES Hysterothylacium magnum (Smedley, 1934) [syn. Margolis & Arthur 1979 p.107] [=Contracaecum magnum Smedley, 1934] SPECIES Hysterothylacium makairi (Bruce & Cannon, 1989):1429 [host Makaira indica in Pisces; syn. Moravec & Justine 2005 p.108] [=Maricostula makairi Bruce & Cannon, 1989] SPECIES Hysterothylacium marinum Linnaeus, 1767 SPECIES Hysterothylacium melanogrammi (Smedley, 1934) [syn. Margolis & Arthur 1979 p.108] [=Contracaecum melanogrammi Smedley, 1934] SPECIES Hysterothylacium melanogrammi Smedley, 1934 SPECIES Hysterothylacium melichthysi OLsen, 1952 SPECIES Hysterothylacium muraenesoxis (Bharathalakshmi & Sudha, 1999):290 [Visakhapatnam, Host Muraenesox talabonoides in Pisces] [=Thynnascaris muraenesoxis Bharathalakshmi & Sudha, 1999] SPECIES Hysterothylacium murrayense Johnston & Mawson, 1940 SPECIES Hysterothylacium narayanensis Rajyalakshmi, 1997:151 [Vijayawada, Host Barbus ticto in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium nellorensis Rajyalakshmi, 1996:77 [Nellore, Host Labeo bogut in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium neocornutum Rajyalakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1992:148 [host Anguilla bicolor bicolor in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium neorhacodes (Rajya Lakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1990):54 [host Muraenesox talabonoides in Pisces] [=Thynnascaris neorhacodes Rajya Lakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1990] SPECIES Hysterothylacium nipponense Moravec & Nagasawa, 1998:328 [nomen nova] [=Hysterothylacium japonicum Moravec & Nagasawa, 1998] [praeocc. Rajyalakshmi 1996] SPECIES Hysterothylacium nototheniae Johnston & Mawson, 1945 SPECIES Hysterothylacium ogcocephali (Olsen, 1952) [syn. Deardorff & Overstreet 1981 p.1047] [=Contracaecum ogcocephali Olsen, 1952] SPECIES Hysterothylacium okadai Fujita, 1940 SPECIES Hysterothylacium pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1935 SPECIES Hysterothylacium papilligerum Creplin, 1846 SPECIES Hysterothylacium paralichthydis Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Hysterothylacium patagonense Moravec, Urawa & Coria, 1997:31 [Patagonia, Lake Alumine, Host Percichthys trucha in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium pelagicum Deardorff & Overstreet, 1982:246 [host Coryphaena hippurus in Pisces; Redescription; Bruce & Cannon 1989 p.1408] SPECIES Hysterothylacium perezi Gopar-Merino, Osorio-Sarabia & Garcia-Prieto, 2005:909 [Parasite of Ariopsis guatemalensis in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium petteri Sheenko, 1991:419 [host Xiphias gladius in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium petteri She'enko, 1991 SPECIES Hysterothylacium physiculi Moravec & Nagasawa, 2000:1568 [Honshu, Iwate, Kamaishi Bay, Host Physiculus maximowiczi in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium poecilurai Rajyalakshmi & Sreeramulu, 2005:27 [India; Andhra Pradesh (marine), Parasite of Gymnura poecilura in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium psettodi Parukhin, 1989:55 [host Psettodes erumei in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium pseudotumbili Rajya-Lakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1991:69 [host Saurida pseudotumbili in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium punctati Rajyalakshmi, 1995:123 [host Channa punctatus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium rectum Yamaguti, 1961 SPECIES Hysterothylacium reliquens Norris & Overstreet, 1975 SPECIES Hysterothylacium rhacodes (Deardorff & Overstreet, 1978):520 [piscean hosts] [=Thynnascaris rhacodes Deardorff & Overstreet, 1978] SPECIES Hysterothylacium rhamdiae Brizzola & Tanzola, 1995:349 [Buenos Aires province, Host Rhamdia sapo in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium rigidum Rudolphi, 1809 SPECIES Hysterothylacium saba Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Hysterothylacium salvelini Fujita, 1940 SPECIES Hysterothylacium scomberoidei Bruce & Cannon, 1989:1411 [host Scomberoides commersonianus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium scomberomori Yamaguti, 1941 [Redescription; Bruce 1990 p.433] [=Goezia aspinulosa Arya, 1980:96] [syn. Bruce 1990 p.433; host Cybium guttatum in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium sebae Bruce, 1990:397 [Lutjanus sebae in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium seriola Yamaguti, 1976 SPECIES Hysterothylacium serrani (Kalyankar, 1972) [=Thynnascaris serrani Kalyankar, 1972] SPECIES Hysterothylacium shyamasundarii (Rajya Lakshmi & Hanumantha-Rao, 1989):3 [host Rachycentron canadus in Pisces] [=Thynnascaris shyamasundarii Rajya Lakshmi & Hanumantha-Rao, 1989] SPECIES Hysterothylacium tasmaniense Johnston & Mawson, 1945 [syn. Bruce 1990 p.400] SPECIES Hysterothylacium tetrapteri (Bruce & Cannon, 1989):1434 [host Tetrapterus audax in Pisces] [=Maricostula tetrapteri Bruce & Cannon, 1989] SPECIES Hysterothylacium thalassini Bruce, 1990:405 [host Arius thalassinus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium trichiuri Thwaite, 1927 [Redescription; Gupta & Masoodi 1990 p.163] SPECIES Hysterothylacium visakhensis (Bharathalakshmi & Sudha, 1999):65 [Visakhapatnam, Host Saurida undosquamis in Pisces] [=Thynnascaris visakhensis Bharathalakshmi & Sudha, 1999] SPECIES Hysterothylacium winteri Torres & Soto, 2004:55 [Parasite of Eleginops maclovinus in Pisces] SPECIES Hysterothylacium yaradensis (Rajya Lakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1990):72 [piscean hosts] [=Thynnascaris yaradensis Rajya Lakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1990] SPECIES Hysterothylacium zenis (Baylis, 1929) [host Zeus capensis] [=Acanthocheilus zenis Baylis, 1929] GENUS Mawsonascaris Sprent, 1990:49 TYPE SPECIES Mawsonascaris australis (Johnston & Mawson, 1943) [=Paranisakis australis Johnston & Mawson, 1943] SPECIES Mawsonascaris laymani (Mozgovoy, 1950) [syn. Sprent 1990 p.58] [=Paranisakis laymani Mozgovoy, 1950] SPECIES Mawsonascaris pastinacae Rudolphi, 1819 [syn. Sprent 1990 p.53] GENUS Raphidascaris Railliet & Henry, 1915 [Redescription; Rajya Lakshmi, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari 1989 p.55] [=Rhaphidascaris] [misspelling] [=Ryjikovascaris Mozgovoi, 1950:268] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46; type is diodonis ?] SUBGENUS Ichthyascaris Wu, 1949 [=Alibagascaris Kalyankar, 1970:549] [syn. of Ichthyascaris Sheenko 1992 p.49] SPECIES Ichthyascaris biwakoensis (Fujita, 1928) [syn. Bruce 1990 p.412] [=Raphidascaris biwakoensis Fujita, 1928] SPECIES Ichthyascaris chirocentri (Yamaguti, 1935) [syn. Bruce 1990 p.412; Sheenko 1992 p.49] [=Raphidascaris chirocentri Yamaguti, 1935] [=Ichthyascaris lophii Wu, 1949] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.49] [=Cloeoascaris trichiuri Yin & Zhang, 1983:8] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.49; host Trichiurus haumela in Pisces, English p. 10; Redescription; Luo Damin & Huang Heqin 2001 p.1093; Redescription; Luo 2001 p.155] SPECIES Ichthyascaris fisheri (Hooper, 1983):8 [New-South-Wales; placed Bruce 1990 p.413; host Platycephalus arenarius in Pisces; marine] [=Rhaphidascaroides fisheri Hooper, 1983] SPECIES Ichthyascaris gymnocraniae Bruce, 1990:413 [host Gymnocranius bitorquatus in Pisces; syn. Moravec & Nagasawa 2002 p.197] SPECIES Ichthyascaris lutiani (Olsen, 1952) [syn. Bruce 1990 p.412; Sheenko 1992 p.49] [=Raphidascaris lutiani Olsen, 1952] SPECIES Ichthyascaris mediterraneus (Lebre & Petter, 1983):492 [Bruce 1990 p.412; host Aspitrigla obscurus in Pisces] [=Raphidascaris mediterraneus Lebre & Petter, 1983] SPECIES Ichthyascaris nemipteri (Moravec & Justine, 2005):102 [New-Caledonia; Parasite of Nemipterus furcosus in Pisces; marine] [=Raphidascaris nemipteri Moravec & Justine, 2005] SPECIES Ichthyascaris pseudosciaenae Kalyankar, 1970 SPECIES Ichthyascaris pseudosciaenae (Kalyankar, 1970) [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.49] [=Alibagascaris pseudosciaenae Kalyankar, 1970] SPECIES Ichthyascaris sillagoides Bruce, 1990:416 [host Sillago maculata in Pisces; syn. Moravec & Nagasawa 2002 p.197] SPECIES Ichthyascaris vicentei (Santos, 1970) [placed Bruce 1990 p.412; Sheenko 1992 p.49] [=Raphidascaris vicentei Santos, 1970] [=Raphidascaris camura Deardorff & Overstreet, 1981:426] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.49; host Pomatomus saltatrix in Pisces] [=Raphidascaris yamagutii Vicente & Santos, 1974] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.49] SUBGENUS Raphidascaris Railliet & Henry, 1915 [Redescription; Rajya Lakshmi, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari 1989 p.55] [=Neogoezia Kreis, 1937] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] SPECIES Raphidascaris acentrogobii Wang & Wu, 1991 SPECIES Raphidascaris acus (Bloch, 1772) [Redescription; Smith 1984 p.686] [=Ascaris acus Bloch, 1772] [=Raphidascaris alius Lyster, 1940] [syn. Smith 1984 p.686] [=Hysterothylacium cayugensis Wigdor, 1918] [syn. Smith 1984 p.686] [=Raphidascaris laurentianus Richardson, 1937] [syn. Smith 1984 p.686] [=Ascaris lucii Pearse, 1924] [syn. Smith 1984 p.686] SPECIES Raphidascaris adelinae Condorelli-Francaviglia, 1898 SPECIES Raphidascaris africanus (Khalil & Oyetayo, 1988):85 [host Bostrychus africanus in Pisces; syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] [=Raphidascaroides africanus Khalil & Oyetayo, 1988] SPECIES Raphidascaris alaetocephala (Bilqees & Khanum, 1972) [=Neogoezia alaetocephala Bilqees & Khanum, 1972] SPECIES Raphidascaris anchoviellae Chandler, 1935 SPECIES Raphidascaris aspinosa (Bilqees & Khanum, 1972) [=Neogoezia aspinosa Bilqees & Khanum, 1972] SPECIES Raphidascaris atlanticus Rodrigues, 1974 SPECIES Raphidascaris bishaii (Khalil, 1961) [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] [=Raphidascaroides bishaii Khalil, 1961] SPECIES Raphidascaris blochii Bilqees & Khanum, 1974 SPECIES Raphidascaris canadensis Smedley, 1933 SPECIES Raphidascaris cristata Von Linstow, 1872 SPECIES Raphidascaris cyprini Wang, 1965 SPECIES Raphidascaris diodonis Thwaite, 1927 [Redescription; Rajya Lakshmi, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari 1990 p.45] [=Raphidascaroides chilomycteri Yamaguti, 1961] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] [=Raphidascaris diadonis] [misspelling ?] [=Ryjikovascaris diodonis Mozgovoy, 1950] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] [=Raphidascaroides diodonis Olsen, 1952] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] SPECIES Raphidascaris elacatiae (Khan & Gegum, 1971) [=Neogoezia elacatiae Khan & Gegum, 1971] SPECIES Raphidascaris fisheri (Hooper, 1983) [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] [=Raphidascaroides fisheri Hooper, 1983] SPECIES Raphidascaris gigi Fujita, 1928 [Redescription; Moravec & Nagasawa 2002 p.194] SPECIES Raphidascaris gracillima Linstow, 1800 SPECIES Raphidascaris karachiensis (Bilqees & Khanum, 1972) [=Neogoezia karachiensis Bilqees & Khanum, 1972] SPECIES Raphidascaris leiocassis Wang, 1965 SPECIES Raphidascaris lophii Wang & Wu, 1991 [praeocc.; ?] SPECIES Raphidascaris manazi (Bilqees & Khanum, 1972) [=Neogoezia manazi Bilqees & Khanum, 1972] SPECIES Raphidascaris mangra (Bilqees & Khanum, 1972) [=Neogoezia mangra Bilqees & Khanum, 1972] SPECIES Raphidascaris multipapilla (Bilqees & Khanum, 1972) [=Neogoezia multipapilla Bilqees & Khanum, 1972] SPECIES Raphidascaris nipponensis (Yamaguti, 1941) [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] [=Raphidascaroides nipponensis Yamaguti, 1941] [=Raphidascaroides halieutaeae Yin, 1983:225] [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46; host Halieutaea stellata in Pisces, English p. 228] SPECIES Raphidascaris olseni (Garg, 1986) [syn. Sheenko 1992 p.46] [=Raphidascaroides olseni Garg, 1986] SPECIES Raphidascaris panijii Khan & Yaseen, 1969 SPECIES Raphidascaris spirocaudata (Bilqees & Khanum, 1972) [=Neogoezia spirocaudata Bilqees & Khanum, 1972] SPECIES Raphidascaris synodi Parukhin, 1973 GENUS Raphidascaroides Yamaguti, 1941 [syn. of Raphidascaris by Sheenko 1992 p.46; Diagnostic; Rajyalakshmi 1995 p.184] [=Rhaphidascaroides] [misspelling in ZR] [=Ryjkovascaris Mozgovoi, 1951] SPECIES Raphidascaroides armatusi Gupta & Srivastava, 1985:102 [host Caranx armatus in Pisces] SPECIES Raphidascaroides bengali Rajyalakshmi, 1995:468 [host Uroconger lepturus in Pisces] SPECIES Raphidascaroides bishaii Khalil, 1961 [host Gymnarchus niloticus] SPECIES Raphidascaroides blochii Bilqees & Khanum, 1974 SPECIES Raphidascaroides brasiliensis Moravec & Thatcher, 1997:65 [Amazonia, Manaus, Janauaca Lake, Host Pterodoras granulosus in Pisces] SPECIES Raphidascaroides diadonsis Thwaite, 1927 SPECIES Raphidascaroides guttatus Rajyalakshmi & Lakshmi, 1994 SPECIES Raphidascaroides indicus Rajyalakshmi, 1995:180 [host Chiloscyllium indicum in Pisces] SPECIES Raphidascaroides jagganathai Gupta & Srivastava, 1985:104 [host Caranx malabaricus in Pisces] SPECIES Raphidascaroides myliobatum Yin & Zhang, 1983:13 [host Myliobatis tobijei in Pisces, English p. 15] SPECIES Raphidascaroides nipponensis Yamaguti, 1941 SPECIES Raphidascaroides siddiqii Gupta & Masoodi, 1987:43 [host Trachinocephalus indicus in Pisces] SPECIES Raphidascaroides trachinocephalusi Rajya-Lakshmi, Hanumantha-Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985:289 [host Trachinocephalus myops in Pisces] SPECIES Raphidascaroides zygaenai Rajyalakshmi, 1995:24 [host Sphyrna zigaena in Pisces]