Cichlidae
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Cichlidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – the cichlid fish.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Perciformes - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Cichlinae, Etroplinae, Pseudocrenilabrinae, Ptychochrominae - subfamilies
- Apistogramma (dwarf cichlids); Astronotus (oscars); Boulengerochromis; Cichlasoma (American cichlids); Crenicichla, Geophagus, Hemichromis, Parachromis, Pseudotropheus, Pterophyllum (freshwater angelfish); Symphysodon (discus); Teleogramma, Thorichthys, Tilapia - genera
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