MONOGENEAN PARASITIC ON MARINE FISHES FROM PERU AND CHILE - 3 NEW SPECIES AND 2 NEW COMBINATIONS

Five species of monogeneans collected from marine fishes of the Pacifi c coast of Chile and Peru were studied. Three of them are new species: Interniloculus chilensis n. sp. (Capsalidae), Neoheterobothrium insul aris n. sp. (Diclidophoridae) and Loxura peruensis n. sp. (Axinidae) p arasitic on Sebastes capensis (Scorpaenidae), Paralichthys sp. (Bothii dae) and Belone scapularis (Belonidae), respectively. Two new combinat ions are proposed, Intracotyle neghmei (Microcotylidae) for Neobivagin a neghmei Villalba, 1987 and Hargicotyle conceptionensis (Diclidophori dae) for Choricotyle conceptionensis Villalba, 1987.