Family Cichlidae
(cichlids)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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  Subclass Neopterygii
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  Infraclass Teleostei
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  Superorder Acanthopterygii
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  Order Perciformes (perch-like fishes and perchlike fishes)
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  Suborder Labroidei (parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, and wrasses)
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  Family Cichlidae (cichlids)
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  Genus Acarichthys
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  Genus Aequidens
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  Genus Anomalochromis
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  Genus Apistogramma
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  Genus Astatotilapia
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  Genus Astronotus (oscars)
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  Genus Aulonocara
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  Genus Biotodoma
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  Genus Chromidotilapia
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  Genus Cichla (eyetail cichlids)
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  Genus Cichlasoma (American cichlids)
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  Genus Crenicara (pike cichlids)
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  Genus Cyphotilapia
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  Genus Cyprichromis
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  Genus Cyrtocara
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  Genus Eretmodus
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  Genus Etroplus (chromides)
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  Genus Geophagus (earth eaters and eartheater cichlids)
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  Genus Gymnogeophagus
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  Genus Haplochromis (mouth brooders)
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  Genus Hemichromis (jewelfishes)
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  Genus Heros
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  Genus Herotilapia
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  Genus Julidochromis
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  Genus Labeotropheus
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  Genus Lamprologus
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  Genus Lobochilotes
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  Genus Melanochromis (twostripe mbunas)
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  Genus Mesonauta
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  Genus Nannacara
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  Genus Nanochromis
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  Genus Nimbochromis
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  Genus Ophthalmotilapia
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  Genus Oreochromis (blue tilapias)
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  Genus Papillochromis
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  Genus Pelvicachromis (kribs)
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  Genus Petrotilapia
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  Genus Protomelas
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  Genus Pseudocrenilabrus
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  Genus Pseudotropheus
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  Genus Pterophyllum (angelfishes)
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  Genus Sarotherodon (brushtooth tilapias)
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  Genus Steatocranus
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  Genus Symphysodon (discusfishes)
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  Genus Teleogramma
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  Genus Telmatochromis
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  Genus Tilapia (African mouthbrooders and speckled tilapias)
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  Genus Triglachromis
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  Genus Tropheus
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  Genus Uaru