| diversity "down under": monogeneans in the antipodes (australia) with a prediction of monogenean biodiversity worldwide. | there are approximately 25,000 species of fishes known in the world. the monogenea are believed to be among the most host-specific of parasites and if each species of fish is host to a different species of monogenean, there could be almost 25,000 monogenean species on earth. currently, i estimate that between 3000 and 4000 of these are described. australia has a rich marine fish fauna with approximately 3500 species of teleosts. if the same formula of one monogenean species per host fish species ... | 1998 | 9801912 |