Cichlid Room Companion

RSSCICHLIDS: The catalog of all cichlid species.

Morphology

Dwarf species (125)
Large species (93)
Medium sized species (184)
Small species (252)
Very large species (19)

Habitat

Brackish: coastal lagoons (13)
Brackish: salt lakes (5)
Lakes: intermediate (96)
Lakes: mud (50)
Lakes: open water (14)
Lakes: sand (66)
Lakes: sediment-free rocky (116)
Lakes: sediment-rich rocky (56)
Lakes: shallow intermediate (50)
Lakes: shellbeds (9)
Lakes: surge (4)
Lakes: vegetated areas (21)
Primary rheophilus (45)
Rivers: floodplains and marshes (32)
Rivers: main channels (81)
Rivers: pools (52)
Rivers; creeks (87)
Secondary rheophilus (20)
Sinkholes and springs (18)

Feeding

Algae combers (67)
Algae pickers (29)
Algae pullers (117)
Algae scrapers (20)
Crustacean eater (49)
Detritivorous (38)
Feeding unknown (12)
Herbivorous (20)
Insectivorous (109)
Molluscivorous (29)
Omnivorous (85)
Paedophagous (8)
Parasites (4)
Piscivorous (205)
Planktivorous (61)
Predators (29)
Scale eaters (6)
Sponges (3)
Substrate pickers (34)
Substrate sifters (24)

Mating

Extended family (4)
Monogamous (329)
Polyandrous (10)
Polygynandrous (1046)
Polygynous harem brooder (104)
Polygynous mouth-brooder (1)
Satellite males (1)
Sneaker males (6)

Breeding

Mouth-brooder biparental (52)
Mouth-brooder iterocavus (10)
Mouth-brooder maternal (888)
Mouth-brooder paternal (14)
Mouth-brooder postponocavous (139)
Mouth-brooder promptocavus (177)
Mouth-brooder semelcavus (288)
Substrate cave (218)
Substrate open (147)
Unknown (6)

Aquarium

Advanced aquarists (91)
Beginner cichlid (65)
Intermediate aquarists (321)
Never bred (13)
Never maintained (69)

Special

Furu (201)
Mbuna (229)
Utaka (17)