Chondracanthid copepods parasitic on flatfishes of Kerala, India

Eight species of chondracanthid copepods (Poecilostomatoida) were recovered from nine species of flatfishes collected in Kerala, India. They are: Acan thochondria zebriae sp. nov. from Zebrias synaturoides; Bactrochondria papi lla gen. et sp. nov. from Cynoglossus dubius; B. hoi (Pillai, 1985) from C. lida; Heterochondria pillai Ho, 1970 from C. lida, Pseudorhombus arsius, P . elevatus, P. javanicus and P. triocellatus; H. petila sp. nov. from P. ar sius, P. javanicus and P. triocellatus; H. similis (Yu and Wu, 1932) from C . azureus; and both Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1868) and P. trilob atus (Pillai, 1964) from Psettodes erumi.