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SUMMARYWe observed helminth fauna in fish purchased at a supermarket in Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan, between Jai uary and April, 2004. Seven fish species were examined: Arctoscopus japonicus , Colobabis saira, Sardinol melanostica, Engraulis japonica, Theragra chalcogramma , Scomber japonica, and Todarodes pacificus. Anisak larvae were detected in 5 species: 100% of S. japonicus, 89% of T . chalcogramma, 45% of T. pacificus, 35% of japonica, and 2% of E. panonica. No Anisakis larvae were detected in C. saira and S. melanosticta.Most la: vae obtained from these fishes were Anisakis type I and type II . Pseudoterranova types A and B were detec ed in a small number. Nybelinia sp., Tentacularia sp., Rhadinorhynchus sp ., and Parahemiurus sardiniae wer found in E. japonicus and S. melanosticta.