A review of the family Enenteridae Yamaguti, 1958 (Digenea), with descriptions of species from Australian waters, including Koseiria huxleyi n. sp.

The family Enenteridae is reviewed, with keys to the genera and species and diagnoses of the family and genera, based on a cladistic analysis utilisin g 44 characters. Subfamilies are not recognised. Descriptions of the follow ing taxa from Australian marine teleosts are given: Enenterum mannarense fr om Kyphosus sydneyanus, SW Australia, E. elongatum from Kyphosus sydneyanus , SW Australia (these two species are distinguished by the number of oral l obes and the ovary to anterior testis distance), Koseiria huxleyi n. sp. fr om Chaetodontoplus meredithi, Great Barrier Reef (this new species is disti nguished by the vitellarium reaching into the forebody, the infundibuliform terminal oral sucker, the unlobed ovary and the distinct post-oral ring), Koseiria xishaense from Kyphosus cinerascens and K. vaigiensis, Great Barri er Reef, Cadenatella isuzumi from Kyphosus cinerascens and K. vaigiensis, G reat Barrier Reef, and C. pacifica (Yamaguti, 1970) n. comb. [was Jeancaden atia] from Kyphosus cinerascens and K. vaigiensis, Great Barrier Reef. The genus Jeancadenatia is considered a synonym of Cadenatella, and the new com bination C. dollfusi (Hafeezullah, 1980) is formed. Members of the family a re parasitic mainly in herbivorous fishes with a few genera and species fro m non-herbivorous fishes.