Species of Caligus Muller, 1785 (Copepoda : Caligidae) parasitic on marinefishes of Taiwan

Six species of copepods of the genus Caligus (Caligidae, Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan are reported. They are: C. absens n. sp. from Priacanthus blochii and P. macracanthus; C. epinepheli Yamaguti, 1 936 from Scolopsis vosmeri; C. kanagurta Pillai, 1961 from Decapterus kurro ides; C. laticaudus Shiino, 1960 from Lutjanus vitta and Parapristiopoma tr ilineatum; C. nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 from Triacanthus bi aculeatus; and C. rotundigenitalis Yu, 1933 from Drepane punctata, Liza mac rolepis and Terapon jarbua. C. distortus Pillai & Natarajan, 1977 is relega ted to a synonym of C. nengai and C. multispinosus Shen, 1957 reported by L in et al. (1994) from the cultured sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegeli is a m isidentification for C. rotundigenitalis Yu, 1933.