Metazoan Parasites in Fishes of the Scombridae Family

The checklist is arranged alphabetically, providing valid names and authorities of the parasite species, its capture sites, author(s) and date of published records. This metazoan parasite checklist includes only Monogenea, Digenea and Crustacea. In Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis, the checklist was compiled from records published between 1967 and 2018, covering a total of 12 papers and the papers analysed by us recorded 18 valid species. In Atlantic black skipjack Euthynnus alletteratus, the checklist was compiled from records published between 1949 and 2016, covering a total of 7 papers, and the papers analysed by us recorded 26 valid species. In Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, the checklist was compiled from records published between 1902 and 2015, covering a total of 14 papers, and the papers analysed by us recorded 46 valid species, which are contained in 16 genera and 9 families. In Albacore Thunnus alalunga, the checklist was compiled from records published between 1940 and 2010, covering a total of 4 papers, and the papers analysed by us recorded 14 valid species.