DIGENETIC TREMATODES OF MARINE FISHES FROM THE KUWAITI COAST OF THE ARABIAN GULF - FAMILIES PLEORCHIIDAE, FELLODISTOMIDAE, AND CRYPTOGONIMIDAE, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF 2 NEW SPECIES, NEOPARACRYPTOGONIMUS-SPHERICUS AND PARACRYPTOGONIMUS-RAMADANI

Six digeneans are reported from marine fishes of the Kuwaiti coast of the Arabian Gulf: Pleorchis sciaenae Yamaguti, 1938, from Orolithes ar genteus; Tergestia pauca Freitas and Kohn, 1965, from Scomberoides com mersonianus and Trachurus trachurus; Allobacciger macrorchis Hafeezull ah and Siddiqi, 1970, from Scolopsis ruppelli (new host record); Parad iscogaster farooqii Hafeezullah and Siddiqi, 1970, from Scatophagus ar gus; Neoparacryptogonimus sphericus sp. n. from Lutjanus coccineus (ty pe host) and Batrachus grunniens; and Paracryptogonimus ramadani sp. n . from Lutjanus fulviflamma. Pleorchis arabicus Al-Yamani and Nahhas, 1981, is a synonym of P. sciaenae. Tergestia pectinata of Nahhas and C able (1964), Nahhas and Short (1965), is considered a synonym of Terge stia pauca. New locality records are established for Tergestia pauca, Allobacciger macrorchis, and Paradiscogaster farooqii. A key to specie s of Paracryptogonimus and Neoparacryptogonimus is given.