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Fish (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 508) belonging to nine species and eight families were collected from eight wetlands associated with the Murrumbidgee River floodplain in the southern Murray\u2013Darling Basin and subjected to laboratory examination. Third-stage nematode larvae were found in eight of the nine fish species. The exception was the fly-specked hardeyhead (<jats:italic>Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum<\/jats:italic>), although only one specimen of this species was examined. Nematode larvae were identified as<jats:italic>Contracaecum bancrofti<\/jats:italic>using a combined morphological and molecular approach. The parasite was most prevalent in weather loach (<jats:italic>Misgurnus anguillicaudatus<\/jats:italic>; 34.8%) and Australian smelt (<jats:italic>Retropinna semoni<\/jats:italic>; 21.4%), followed by carp (<jats:italic>Cyprinus carpio<\/jats:italic>; 9.5%), of which the former and latter are non-native species.<jats:italic>Contracaecum<\/jats:italic>prevalence differed between locations, with Two Bridges having the highest number of infected fish. This may be due to the higher number of suitable host species collected at these localities.<jats:italic>Contracaecum<\/jats:italic>spp. are parasites with low host specificity that have also been reported in Australian marine fish, humans and piscivorous birds. The high parasite prevalence in the two abundant non-native fish species in the region suggests that they act as a suitable host for this endemic parasite, resulting in the increase in the parasite population. 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