Cichlidae

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Noun1.Cichlidae - cichlids
family Cichlidae
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
cichlid, cichlid fish - freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
genus Tilapia, Tilapia - a genus of Cichlidae
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Feeding ecomorphologies in the fish genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae) based on stomach content and lower pharyngeal jaw shape
Ecomorfologias alimentarias en peces del genero Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae), con base en contenido estomacal y forma de la mandibula faringea inferior
Four species belonging to three families were identified (Table 1): Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae), Oreochromis niloticus and Tilapia cameronensis (Cichlidae), and Parachanna obscura (Channidae).
Alien Fish Species in the Mho Floodplain Rivers in Cameroon. (Research Article)
Tilapia belongs to Cichlidae family, and is a warm water fish which is found mostly in Africa [3].
Variation in the Morphometry Measurements of Two Tilapia Fish Species in Relation to Their Body Weight Obtained from Lower Benue River at Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria
Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of neotropical cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae).
Effect of light intensity and photoperiod on growth and survival of the Mexican cichlid, Cichlasoma beani in culture conditions
n., a new species of cichlid (Actinopterygii: Cichlidae) from the River Coatzacoalcos Basin, Mexico
Descripcion de Thorichthys panchovillai sp. n., una nueva especie de ciclido (Actinopterygii: Cichlidae) de la cuenca del Rio Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
The study further indicated that the population of many endemic and commercially important fish species has declined while the exotic family Cichlidae representative of three species (Oreochromis mossambicus, Oreochromis aureus and Oreochromis niloticus) has become well established in the study area.
Diversity and Distribution of Fish Fauna of Indus River at Taunsa Barrage in Punjab, Pakistan
The saddle cichlid Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel 1840) (Cichlidae) is endemic to South America and is commonly used as ornamental fish, sport fishing and also as food for the Amazon riverine populations (Tavares-Dias et al., 2014).
A new species of Tripartiella (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) from Aequidens tetramerus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in north Brazil/Uma nova especie de Tripartiella (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) em Aequidens tetramerus no norte do Brasil
The Cichlidae family, highly common as aquarium fish and in game fishing and fish farming (Nelson, 2006; Maan & Sefc, 2013), features a wide variety of colors, morphology and behavior, and uses the visual system in various situations.
Opsin genes: research perspectives with Neotropical cichlids (Perciformes: Cichlidae) and their relevance in floodplain studies/ Genes opsins: perspectivas para pesquisas com ciclideos Neotropicais (Perciformes: Cichlidae) e sua relevancia para estudos em planicies de inundacao
They are Perciformes, belonging to the Cichlidae, and distributed in the South America (mainly in Brazil and Uruguay), from the Amazon to the Parana Basin (KULLANDER, 2003; MORAES et al., 2004).
Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum (Digenea, Diplostomidae) in geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes, Cichlidae) collected in a lake at Dois Corregos, Sao Paulo, Brazil/Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum (Digenea, Diplostomidae) em Geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes, Cichlidae) coletados em um lago no Municipio de Dois Corregos, Sao Paulo, Brasil
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