Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 (Ergasilidae) is a species-rich group of parasitic copepods with a wide distribution in freshwater, marine, and brackish environments. Up to now, nine species of Ergasilus are known from cichlid fishes in Africa. In this study, five species, including three new, were collected from the gills of twelve cichlid species (eleven genera: Bathybates,
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