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cichlid fish

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Noun1.cichlid fishcichlid 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
cichlid
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Cichlidae, family Cichlidae - cichlids
bolti, Tilapia nilotica - important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor


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In recent years, other biologists have seen traces of this process in such creatures as cichlid fish and Rhagoletis flies (SN: 7/21/01, p.
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