Metazoan parasites of teleost fishes from Atlantic waters off the Faroe Islands

532 specimens belonging to 50 species of teleost fishes collected from shallow waters down to a depth of 1,540 m off the Faroes were examined for metazoan parasites. Ten or more specimens of the following fish species were examined: Argentina silus, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gadus morhua, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, Merlangius merlangus, Micromesistius poutassou, Pollachius virens, Trisopterus esmarki, Molva dipterygia, Onogadus argentatus, Lycodes esmarki, L. pallidus, Sebastes mentella, S. viviparus, Myoxocephalus scorpius, Artediellus atlanticus, Cottunculus sadko, Paraliparis bathybius, Rhodichthys regina, Hippoglossoides platessoides, Limanda limanda, Microstomus kitt and Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides. The nematodes were dealt with in a previous paper. In the present study 38 species of digeneans, with review of their life-cycles, are recorded. in addition, 8 species of monogeneans, Il species of copepods, and 2 species of leeches, among other a 19 cm long specimen of Notostomum laeve, are recorded. Most acanthocephalans are identified to genera and most cestodes are identified to order only. Most species are new to the Faroes.