freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
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cichlid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cichlid fish |
| Type of | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean |
| Has types | bolti, tilapia nilotica |
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Cichlid fish are well known to biologists for their rapid rate of evolution.
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In turbid water, cichlid females are less choosy and males are less brightly coloured.
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That provides the genetic equivalent of a fossil record of cichlid history.
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The little fish looked like a hybrid of two of the lake's cichlid species.
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A small, subordinate cichlid helps a large dominant pair to raise the dominants'offspring.
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This ability has made the cichlid species of Lake Victoria an extremely successful fish.
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Male mate choice scales female ornament allometry in a cichlid fish.
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A yellow cichlid swimming in the southern shores of Lake Tanganyika.
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Cichlid males are highly territorial, so fighting ensued instantly.
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- Freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
- Cichlids are fishes from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses Labridae, damselfish Pomacentridae, and surfperches Embiotocidae. This family is both large and diverse. ...
- Is a fish from the Cichlidae fish family. They originate from many different locales including Central America, South America and Africa. There are many species and they can sometimes have very different water parameter requirements. ...
- Any of a family of mostly tropical, spiny-finned usually freshwater fishes used for the fishing industry and aquariums in the home; Water
