Host taxa for POLYOPISTHOCOTYLEA
Animal Hosts
ACTINOPTERYGII
ARRIPIDAE
- Arripis georgianus (Valenciennes, 1831) — Australian Herring
- Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801) — Eastern Australian Salmon
- Arripis truttaceus (Cuvier, 1829) — Western Australian Salmon
- Arripis xylabion Paulin, 1993 — Giant Kahawai
CARANGIDAE
- Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) — Turrum
- Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) — Rainbow Runner
- Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) — Golden Trevally
- Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — Silver Trevally
- Seriola hippos Günther, 1876 — Samson Fish
- Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 — Yellowtail Kingfish
- Trachinotus botla (Shaw, 1803) — Common Dart
CENTROLOPHIDAE
- Hyperoglyphe sp
CHEILODACTYLIDAE
- Nemadactylus macroptera (Forster, 1801) — Jackass Morwong
CLUPEIDAE
- Nematalosa vlaminghi (Munro, 1956) — Western Australian Gizzard Shad
ENGRAULIDAE
- Engraulis australis (White, 1790) — Australian Anchovy
GEMPYLIDAE
- Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) — Barracouta
GERREIDAE
- Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier, 1830 — Common Silverbiddy
HAEMULIDAE
- Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) — Painted Sweetlips
- Plectorhinchus cinctus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) — Crescent Sweetlips
KYPHOSIDAE
- Scorpis aequipinnis Richardson, 1848 — Sea Sweep
LABRIDAE
- Haletta semifasciata (Valenciennes, 1840) — Blue Weed-whiting
LEIOGNATHIDAE
- Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacépède, 1803) — Threadfin Ponyfish
MACROURIDAE
- Coryphaenoides serrulatus Günther, 1878 — Serrulate Whiptail
- Coryphaenoides subserrulatus Makushok, 1976 — Longray Whiptail
MUGILIDAE
- Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes, 1836) — Yelloweye Mullet
- Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 — Sea Mullet
MYCTOPHIDAE
- Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892) — Warming's Lanternfish
- Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829) — Risso's Lanternfish
- Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892) — Hygom's Lanternfish
- Myctophum phengodes (Lütken, 1892) — Bright Lanternfish
- Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson, 1845) — Patchwork Lanternfish
NEMIPTERIDAE
- Scaevius milii (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823) — Coral Monocle Bream
PARAULOPIDAE
- Paraulopus nigripinnis (Günther, 1878) — Blacktip Cucumberfish
PLATYCEPHALIDAE
- Leviprora inops (Jenyns, 1840) — Longhead Flathead
- Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 — Southern Sand Flathead
- Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 — Bluespotted Flathead
- Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 — Tiger Flathead
POLYPRIONIDAE
- Polyprion oxygenios (Schneider & Forster, 1801) — Hapuka
POMATOMIDAE
- Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) — Tailor
SCIAENIDAE
- Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) — Mulloway
SCOMBRIDAE
- Cybiosarda elegans (Whitley, 1935) — Leaping Bonito
- Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1850) — Mackerel Tuna
- Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832 — Blue Mackerel
- Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800) — Spanish Mackerel
- Scomberomorus munroi Collette & Russo, 1980 — Spotted Mackerel
- Scomberomorus niphonius (Cuvier, 1832) — Japanese Spanish Mackerel
- Scomberomorus queenslandicus Munro, 1943 — School Mackerel
- Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) — Yellowfin Tuna
- Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau, 1872) — Southern Bluefin Tuna
SEBASTIDAE
- Helicolenus percoides (Richardson, 1842) — Reef Ocean Perch
SIGANIDAE
- Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797) — Whitespotted Rabbitfish
SILLAGINIDAE
- Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) — King George Whiting
- Sillago ciliata Cuvier, 1829 — Sand Whiting
- Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 — Trumpeter Whiting
- Sillago schomburgkii Peters, 1864 — Yellowfin Whiting
SPARIDAE
- Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) — Yellowfin Bream
- Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775) — Pikey Bream
- Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) — Black Bream
- Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782) — Western Yellowfin Bream
- Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) — Snapper
- Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) — Snapper
SPHYRAENIDAE
- Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 — Yellowtail Barracuda
TERAPONTIDAE
- Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) — Six-lined Trumpeter
- Pelsartia humeralis (Ogilby, 1899) — Sea Trumpeter
TETRAODONTIDAE
- Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903) — Weeping Toadfish
AMPHIBIA
HYLIDAE
- Litoria gracilenta (Peters, 1869)
- Litoria lesueuri (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) — Lesueur's Frog
- Litoria nyakalensis Liem, 1974 — Nyakala Frog
- Litoria pearsoniana (Copland, 1961) — Pearson's Green Tree Frog
- Litoria phyllochroa (Günther, 1863) — Leaf-green Tree Frog
CHONDRICHTHYES
CHIMAERIDAE
- Hydrolagus ogilbyi (Waite, 1898) — Ogilby's Ghostshark
DASYATIDAE
- Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) — Bluespotted Fantail Ray
RHINOBATIDAE
- Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw & Nodder, 1794) — Eastern Shovelnose Ray
- Aptychotrema vincentiana (Haacke, 1885) — Western Shovelnose Ray
- Trygonorrhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841 — Southern Fiddler Ray
- Trygonorrhina speciesA Last & Stevens, 1994
TRIAKIDAE
- Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870 — Gummy Shark
REPTILIA
CHELIDAE
- Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794) — Eastern Snake-necked Turtle, Snake-necked Turtle
- Chelodina sp.
- Elseya latisternum J.E. Gray, 1867 — Saw-shelled Turtle
- Emydura macquarii (J.E. Gray, 1830) — Macquarie Turtle, Murray Turtle
- Emydura macquarii krefftii (J.E. Gray, 1871) — Krefft's River Turtle
- Emydura macquarii signata Ahl, 1932 — Brisbane River Turtle
- Emydura sp.
- Macrochelodina expansa J.E. Gray, 1857 — Broad-shelled River Turtle, Broad-shelled Turtle
SARCOPTERYGII
CERATODONTIDAE
- Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870) — Australian Lungfish
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