Cichlidae

Translingual

Etymology

Cichla +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Cichlidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Cichliformes – 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): Heterochromidinae, Pseudocrenilabrinae (African cichlids), Etroplinae, Astronotinae, Cichlasomatinae, Cichlinae, Geophaginae (American cichlids), Retroculinae, Ptychochrominae (Madagascar cichlids) - subfamilies

References

• Cichlidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cichlidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cichlidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cichlidae at World Register of Marine Species
• Cichlidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cichlidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cichlidae at Fishbase
• Cichlidae at Paleobiology Database