We found 2 definitions of cichlidae from 2 different sources.
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cichlidae - cichlids | ||
family Cichlidae | ||
fish family any of various families of fish | ||
order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna | ||
cichlid, cichlid 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 |