Cichlidae

Translingual

Etymology

Cichla +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Cichlidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cichliformes – the cichlid fishes.

Usage notes

The structure of the taxonomy of cichlid genera and species is likely to be revised as the taxonomy based on dentition is replaced by one based on DNA.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Cichliformes - order

Hyponyms

(family): African cichlids: Heterochromidinae, Pseudocrenilabrinae - subfamilies, (also unclassified genera); Etroplinae: Etroplus, Paratilapia, Paretroplus; New World cichlids: Astronotinae, Cichlasomatinae, Cichlinae, Geophaginae, Retroculinae - subfamilies (numerous genera); Ptychochrominae - subfamily: Oxylapia, Ptychochromis, Ptychochromoides - genera in Ptychochrominae

References

Cichlidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cichlidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cichlidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cichlidae at World Register of Marine Species
Cichlidae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Cichlidae at Encyclopedia of Life
Cichlidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Cichlidae at FishBase
Cichlidae at Fossilworks

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