Category:Cichlids
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Cichlids (pronounced “sick-lids”) are fishes from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes, with over 1500 known species.
The family Cichlidae, a major family of perciform fish, is both large and diverse. Estimates of species range from 1300 to 1900, making it one of the three largest vertebrate families. They span a wide range of body sizes, from so-called dwarf species as small as 2.5cm (1") in length (e.g. Neolamprologus multifasciatus) to much larger species approaching over 100cm (39.4") in length (e.g. Boulengerochromis microlepis and Cichla ocellaris).
As a group the cichlids exhibit a similarly wide diversity of body shapes, ranging from strongly laterally compressed species (such as Altolamprologus, Pterophyllum, and Symphysodon) through to species that are cylindrical and highly elongate (such as Teleogramma, Teleocichla, Crenicichla, and Gobiocichla).
On the whole though, cichlids tend to be of medium size, round in shape and slightly laterally compressed, and generally very similar to the North American sunfishes in terms of morphology, behaviour, and ecology.
- The most famous species of Cichlid is perhaps the freshwater Pterophyllum scalare or Angelfish.
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- See here for a list of Cichlid common names.
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- Parachromis dovii
- Parachromis friedrichsthalii
- Parachromis managuensis
- Paracyprichromis nigripinnis
- Paraneetroplus bulleri
- Paratilapia polleni
- Paretroplus kieneri
- Paretroplus maculatus
- Paretroplus menarambo
- Pelvicachromis humilis
- Pelvicachromis pulcher
- Pelvicachromis roloffi
- Pelvicachromis sacrimontis
- Pelvicachromis taeniatus
- Petenia splendida
- Petrotilapia sp. "chitimba"
- Placidochromis electra
- Placidochromis milomo
- Protomelas annectens
- Protomelas taeniolatus
- Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor multicolor
- Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi
- Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander
- Pseudotropheus acei
- Pseudotropheus aurora
- Pseudotropheus crabro
- Pseudotropheus cyaneus
- Pseudotropheus demasoni
- Pseudotropheus elongatus
- Pseudotropheus estherae
- Pseudotropheus lombardoi
- Pseudotropheus saulosi
- Pseudotropheus socolofi
- Pseudotropheus tropheops
- Pseudotropheus williamsi
- Pseudotropheus zebra
- Pterophyllum altum
- Pterophyllum leopoldi
- Pterophyllum scalare
- Pundamilia nyererei
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- Taeniacara candidi
- Tanganicodus irsacae
- Teleocichla centrarchus
- Teleogramma brichardi
- Telmatochromis bifrenatus
- Telmatochromis temporalis
- Telmatochromis vittatus
- Theraps wesseli
- Thorichthys aureus
- Thorichthys callolepis
- Thorichthys ellioti
- Thorichthys meeki
- Thorichthys pasionis
- Thysochromis ansorgii
- Tilapia aurea
- Tilapia buttikoferi
- Tilapia dumerili
- Tilapia heudelotii
- Tilapia joka
- Tilapia mariae
- Tilapia melanotheron
- Tilapia mossambica
- Tilapia nilotica
- Tilapia ruweti
- Tilapia sparrmanii
- Tilapia zillii
- Tramitichromis intermedius
- Tropheus brichardi
- Tropheus duboisi
- Tropheus moorii
- Tropheus sp. black "Bulu point"
- Tyrannochromis macrostoma