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WoRMS taxon details
Cichlidae AphiaID: 151383
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Added by Database Management Team |
| Rank | | Family |
| Parent | | Perciformes |
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basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
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Vernacular
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cichlids |
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[show all] | | Subfamily Astronotinae
Subfamily Cichlasomatinae
Subfamily Cichlidae incertae sedis
Subfamily Cichlinae
Genus Divandu
Genus Etia
Subfamily Etroplinae
Subfamily Geophaginae
Subfamily Heterochromidinae
Genus Oreochromis Günther, 1889
Genus Paretroplus
Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae
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» Genus Sarothredon accepted as Sarotherodon Rüppell, 1852
» Genus Telapia accepted as Tilapia Smith, 1840
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Subfamily Retroculinae
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| Note | |
Description: Distribution: Central and South America, Texas (1 species), West Indies, Africa, Madagascar, Syria, and coastal India. Some species widely introduced. Body shape quite variable, mostly moderately deep and compressed. A nostril on each side of head. Interrupted lateral line. Scales in lateral lines may be over 100, usually 20-50. Dorsal fin usually with 7-25 spines and 5-30 soft rays. Spines in anal fin 3-15 (generally 3); soft rays 4-15 (a few with 30). Subocular shelf absent. About 80 cm maximum length, in Boulengerochromis microlepis. Colorful cichlids are reared as aquarium fish. Breeding activities highly organized. Parental care in 3 forms: mouthbrooding, substratebrooding, and substratebrooding of eggs then mouthbrooding of young. Species flocks are reported from Africa. [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151383 |
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| | | Citation: WoRMS (2013). Cichlidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151383 on 2013-05-21 |
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