Three Acanthocephala species were recovered and identified from three species of fish host. They are
Neoechinorhynchus agilis collected from grey mullet, (Mugil cephalus), Neorhadinorhynchus macrospinosus from rabbit fish
(Siganus fuscescens), and Rhadinorhynchus pristis from spotted mackerel (Scomber australasicus). All are new locality records.
Scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy were used to describe the morphological characters. In addition, these three
acanthocephalans were characterized genetically using a molecular approach. The nuclear ribosomal DNA region spanning the first
internal transcribed spacer (ITS-1), the 5.8S gene and the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2) was amplified and the sizes of
PCR products derived were different in length. They are 450 bp for N. agilis, 800 bp for N. macrospinosus, and 600 bp for R. pristis.