Cichlid Room Companion

RSSCICHLIDS: The catalog of all cichlid species.

Habitat

Brackish: coastal lagoons (13)
Brackish: salt lakes (5)
Lakes: intermediate (94)
Lakes: mud (48)
Lakes: open water (13)
Lakes: sand (64)
Lakes: sediment-free rocky (116)
Lakes: sediment-rich rocky (55)
Lakes: shallow intermediate (49)
Lakes: shellbeds (9)
Lakes: surge (4)
Lakes: vegetated areas (21)
Primary rheophilus (40)
Rivers: floodplains and marshes (32)
Rivers: main channels (65)
Rivers: pools (52)
Rivers; creeks (83)
Secondary rheophilus (19)
Sinkholes and springs (18)

Feeding

Algae combers (39)
Algae cutters (11)
Algae pickers (26)
Algae pullers (52)
Algae scrapers (38)
Crustacean eater (49)
Detritivorous (38)
Feeding unknown (12)
Herbivorous (18)
Insectivorous (107)
Molluscivorous (29)
Omnivorous (84)
Paedophagous (8)
Parasites (4)
Piscivorous (204)
Planktivorous (61)
Predators (29)
Scale eaters (6)
Sponges (3)
Substrate pickers (34)
Substrate sifters (24)

Morphology

Dwarf cichlids (126)
Large cichlids (92)
Medium sized cichlids (184)
Monsters (17)
Small cichlids (243)

Aquarium

Advanced aquarists (88)
Beginner cichlid (63)
Intermediate aquarists (310)
Never bred (13)
Never maintained (69)

Mating

Extended family (4)
Monogamous (295)
Polyandrous (10)
Polygynandrous (1046)
Polygynous harem brooder (105)
Polygynous mouth-brooder (1)
Satellite males (1)
Sneaker males (6)

Breeding

Mouth-brooder biparental (37)
Mouth-brooder delayed larvophilous (5)
Mouth-brooder delayed ovophilous (2)
Mouth-brooder maternal (775)
Mouth-brooder paternal (28)
Substrate cave (213)
Substrate open (139)
Unknown (4)

Special

Furu (201)
Mbuna (147)
Utaka (17)

Disclaimer: This catalog is not to be considered as published in the sense of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, and statements made herein are not made available for nomenclatural purposes from this document