(n)freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums, Syn.cichlid fish
[アウロノカラぞく, auronokara zoku](n) Aulonocara (genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa in the family Cichlidae); peacock cichlids[Add to Longdo]
[カワスズメか, kawasuzume ka](n) Cichlidae (family of over 1, 300 identified Cichlid fishes in the order Perciformes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure)[Add to Longdo]
[カワスズメぞく, kawasuzume zoku](n) Oreochromis (genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae endemic to Africa and the Middle East)[Add to Longdo]
[シクリッドか, shikuriddo ka](n) Cichlidae (family of over 1, 300 identified Cichlid fishes in the order Perciformes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure)[Add to Longdo]
[teirapia . mozanbika](n) (See モザンビークティラピア) Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus)[Add to Longdo]
[nairuteirapia](n) Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus) (larger member of the family Cichlidae, important to aquaculture since ancient Egypt)[Add to Longdo]