“…The trichodinid species identified in this study (T. centrostrigeata, T. compacta, T. heterodentata, T. migala, T. orthodens, P. africana) have mainly been observed as parasites of cichlids in African and Asian countries (Duncan, 1977;Basson et al, 1983;Kazubski and El-Tantawy, 1986;Van As and Basson, 1989;Van As and Basson, 1992). In Brazil, only T. centrostrigeata (Bittencourt et al, 2014), T. compacta (Ghiraldelli et al, 2006;Jerônimo et al, 2011;Zago et al, 2014), T. magna (Martins and Ghiraldelli, 2008;Zago et al, 2014), Trichodina nobilis Chen, 1963 (Bittencourt et al, 2014) and P. africana (Pantoja et al, 2012;Tavares-Dias et al, 2013;Valladão et al, 2013;Bittencourt et al, 2014) had previously been described as affecting Nile tilapia.…”