“…However, several authors have reported the presence of these parasites in marine fish, generally in greater prevalences in comparison with other helminths (São Clemente et al, 1994;Luque, 2004;Knoff et al, 2007Knoff et al, , 2013Barros, 2012). Anisakid larvae have been reported by several authors in species of fish of economic importance such as: Anchoa tricolor, Netuma barba, Brevoortia aurea, Pagrus pagrus, Prionotus punctatus, Genypterus brasiliensis, Aluterus monoceros, Paralichthysis isoceles, Rhamdia quellen, Lophius gastrophysus, Lutjanus analis, Sardinella brasiliensis, and Selene setapinnis (Palm, 1997;São Clemente et al, 1994;Cordeiro and Luque, 2004;Bicudo et al, 2005;Knoff et al, 2007;Saad and Luque, 2009;Dias et al, 2010;Felizardo et al, 2009;La Rue et al, 2010;Saad et al, 2012;Knoff et al, 2013;Hermida et al, 2014;Moreira et al, 2015;Fontenelle et al, 2015).…”