Cichlidae
From Microcosm Aquarium Explorer
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Overview
One of the most popular families among freshwater aquarists but also boasting many large species that are important food fishes in Third World countries.
BioGroup:
Native range:
Taxonomic rank: Family
Common name: CICHLIDS
| Total known | Total profiles | |
|---|---|---|
| Subfamilies | 0 | 1 |
| Genera | 112 | 32 |
| Species | 1,350 | 42 |
Notes: Many more species are suspected to exist.
Subfamilies
Genera
- Aequidens
- Anomalochromis
- Apistogramma
- Astronotus
- Aulonocara
- Benitochromis
- Chromidotilapia
- Cichla
- Cichlasoma
- Crenicichla
- Cryptoheros
- Cyphotilapia
- Etroplus
- Geophagus
- Heros
- Herotilapia
- Julidochromis
- Labeotropheus
- Labidochromis
- Laetacara
- Lamprologus
- Melanochromis
- Metriaclima
- Microgeophagus
- Neolamprologus
- Pelvicachromis
- Pseudotropheus
- Pterophyllum
- Steatocranus
- Thorichthys
- Tilapia
- Tropheops
Species
- African Butterfly Cichlid
- Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid
- Altum Angelfish
- Angelfish
- Auratus Cichlid
- Blue Acara
- Brichardi
- Buffalo Cichlid
- Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid
- Convict Cichlid
- Discus
- Finley's Cichlid
- Firemouth Cichlid
- Flag Cichlid
- Frontosa Cichlid
- Fuelleborni Cichlid
- Gold Ocellatus
- Golden Julie
- Golden Tropheops
- Gunther's Mouthbrooder
- Hornet Cichlid
- Kenyi Cichlid
- Krib
- Leopold's Angelfish
- Malawi Zebra
- Marlier's Julie
- Mossambique Tilapia
- Mother-of-Pearl Eartheater
- Orange Chromide
- Oscar
- Peacock Bass
- Peacock Cichlid
- Pike Cichlid
- Port Cichlid
- Rainbow Cichlid
- Ram
- Red-Hump Eartheater
- Severum
- Slender Humphead Cichlid
- Socolofi Cichlid
- Tanganyikan Lemon Cichlid
- Yellow Labido
Reference: The 101 Best Tropical Fishes