
SOME AVIAN anp FISH NEMATODES, cuier_y From 
TAILEM BEND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 
By T. HARVEY JOHNSTON anv PATRICIA M. MAWSON, Universiry or ADELAIDE, 
Fig. 1-7. 
Unuess otherwise indicated, the nematodes recorded in this paper were collected 
by the senior author from material obtained in the swamps at Tailem Bend, 
Murray River, South Australia, during the past nine years. We are indebted to 
the kindness of Messrs. G. G., F. and B. Jaenseh and Mr. L. Ellis, of Tailem Bend, 
for their help in securing the hosts; and to the Commonwealth Research Graut 
to the University of Adelaide for financial assistance. Types of the new species 
have been deposited in the South Australian Museum. 
HOST-PARASITE LIST. 
BIRDS, 
CuHENOPIs ATRATA Lath.: Amidostomum eygni Wehr. 
Mrcrocarso MELANOLEUCUS Vieill.: Contracaecum sp. 
PHALACROCORAX CARBO Linn,: Contracaecum spiculigerum Rud. 
PELECANUS CONSPICILLATUS Temm.: Contracaecum sp. 
Larus NOVAEMOLLANDIAE Stephens: Capillaria laricola (Wassilkowa). 
CHLIDONIAS LEUCOPARFIA Temm.: Contracaecum sp. 
Noroproyx NOVAEHOLLANDIAE Lath.: Contracaccum sp. 
Popicrers RUFICOLLIS Stephens (var. NOVAEHOLLANDIAE): Streptocara recta 
(Linst.). 
Biziura LOBATA Shaw: Amidostomum biziuiae n. sp, 
Bupypruva minor Forst. : Contracaccum eudyptulae J, and M. (Kangaroo Island). 
GyYMNORHINA HYPOLEUCA Gould; Capillaria gymnorhinae n. sp. (Adelaide). 
FISH. 
CRATEROCEPHALUS FLUVIATIUIS MeCulloch: Eustrongylides gadopsis J. and M. 
PLECTROPLITES AMBIGUUS Rich: Contracaecum sp., larvae; Ascarophis murrayensis 
n. sp.; Goezia fluviatilis J. and M.; Spinitectus plectroplites J. and M. (syn. 
S. percalates J. and M.) ; Capillaria plectroplites J. and M. 
PERCALATES COLONORUM Gunther: Spinitectus plectroplites J. and M.; Goezia 
flmmiatilis J. and M., larvae. 
