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Wikispecies

Proper noun

Cichlidae

1. A taxonomic family within the suborder Labroidei – the cichlid fish.

Hypernyms

• (family): Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria - clade

Hyponyms

• (family): Cichlinae, Etroplinae, Pseudocrenilabrinae, Ptychochrominae - subfamilies; Apistogramma, dwarf cichlids; Astronotus, oscars; Boulengerochromis; Cichlasoma, American ciclids; Crenicichla, Geophagus, Hemichromis, Parachromis, Pseudotropheus, Pterophyllum, freshwater angelfish; Symphysodon, discus; Teleogramma, Thorichthys, Tilapia - genera