Parasites that have been identified from this species include the tapeworms "Acanthobothrium zugeinensis", "Balanobothrium yamagutii", "Pithophorus zugeii", "Polypocephalus ratnagiriensis" and "P. visakhapatnamensis", "Rhinebothrium xiamenensis", "Shindeiobothrium karbharae", "Tetragonocephalum raoi", "Tylocephalum singhii", and "Uncibilocularis indiana" and "U. veravalensis", and the capsalid monogenean "Trimusculotrema schwartzi".
На острорылых хвостоколах паразитируют ленточные черви "Acanthobothrium zugeinensis", "Balanobothrium yamagutii", "Pithophorus zugeii", "Polypocephalus ratnagiriensis" и "P. visakhapatnamensis", "Rhinebothrium xiamenensis", "Shindeiobothrium karbharae", "Tetragonocephalum raoi", "Tylocephalum singhii" и "Uncibilocularis indiana" и "U. veravalensis" и моногенеи "Trimusculotrema schwartzi".