Eighty one fishes collected in Continental Portuguese Coast ans North African Coast have been examined for helminths. We found 16 of them infected with Acanthocephala. Their hosts as well as the species revovered are as follows: 11 Epinephelus gigas, in one of them we recovered females of family Rhadinorhynchidae; 5 Scomberr scombrus, in two of them we recovered Rhadinorhynchus tenuicornis; 62 Merluccius merluccius merluccius, in 12 of them we recovered Aspersentis johni; 3 Solea solea, in one of them we recovered Acanthocephaloides incrassatus. Aspersentis johni is the first time reported in the North hemisphere. Acanthocephaloides incrassatus is the fist time reported in Atlantic Ocean.