The Research Bulletin of the Meguro Parasitological Museum No. 6 (January 1972)

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  • A Check list of the helminths from Japan and adjacent areas. Part I. Fish parasites reported by S. Yamaguti from Japanese waters and adjacent areas.
    Sh. Kamegai & A. Ichihara ----- pp. 1-43
    
    Preface: Helminthological survays in Japan were started as early as 1890 by S. Goto. During the 80 years since then many helminthologists, such as S. Yoshida, S. Ishii, Y. Ozaki, K. Morishita, T. Fukui, Y. Koyama, J. Ito, I. Sawada, J. Yamashita, S. Yamaguti, etc., have contributed to our knowledge of the helminth fauna of Japan.
    Major works in our country, however, have been published by Dr. S. Yamaguti, who not only described new parasites from Japan but also reported many known species described by other Japanese scientists and foregin helminthologists as well. Dr. Yamaguti has kindly donated his collections and library to our museum. The possession of these materials prompted us to make a host-parasite check list of his published records. It is believed that the availability of such a list will aid future workers in identifying parasites collected from hosts included in the list, particularly from the geographic areas covered by Dr. Yamaguti's survey.
    The present list is just the first step towards making a complete chech list in the future, including other Japanese literature on helminths.
    We are indebted to Dr. T. Abe, Tokai Reg. Fish. Res. Lab. Tokyo, and to Dr. R. Arai, Nat. Sci. Mus. Ueno, Tokyo, for information on host fishes.
    
    
  • New name for Dactylodiscus Kamegai, 1971, preoccupied.
    Sa. Kamegai ----- p. 45
    
    A new substitute name Neodactylodiscus for the genus is proposed for it and the family name becomes Neodactylodiscidae accordingly.