Cichlid Room Companion

imageCICHLIDS: The catalog of all cichlid species.

Groupings

Morphology

Large species (133)
Medium sized species (278)
Small species (291)
Very large species (34)
Very small species (139)

Habitat

Brackish: coastal lagoons (14)
Brackish: salt lakes (5)
Lakes: intermediate (109)
Lakes: mud (75)
Lakes: open water (22)
Lakes: sand (103)
Lakes: sediment-free rocky (124)
Lakes: sediment-rich rocky (63)
Lakes: shallow intermediate (52)
Lakes: shellbeds (9)
Lakes: surge (4)
Lakes: vegetated areas (21)
Primary rheophilus (55)
Rivers: creeks (92)
Rivers: floodplains and marshes (40)
Rivers: main channels (112)
Rivers: pools (53)
Secondary rheophilus (20)
Sinkholes and springs (19)

Feeding

Algae combers (68)
Algae gardeners (29)
Algae pickers (8)
Algae pullers (116)
Algae scrapers (20)
Crustacean eater (68)
Detritivorous (56)
Feeding unknown (11)
Herbivorous (22)
Insectivorous (147)
Molluscivorous (43)
Omnivorous (91)
Paedophagous (8)
Parasites (4)
Piscivorous (225)
Planktivorous (66)
Predators (31)
Scale eaters (7)
Sponges (3)
Substrate pickers (36)
Substrate sifters (25)

Mating

Extended family (5)
Monogamous (353)
Polyandrous (11)
Polygynandrous (1044)
Polygynous: harem brooder (104)
Polygynous: mouth-brooder (4)
Satellite males (0)
Sneaker males (6)

Breeding

Mouth-brooder: biparental (58)
Mouth-brooder: iterocavus (32)
Mouth-brooder: maternal (983)
Mouth-brooder: paternal (14)
Mouth-brooder: postponocavous (14)
Mouth-brooder: promptocavus (356)
Mouth-brooder: semelcavus (327)
Substrate cave (236)
Substrate open (181)
Unknown (6)

Aquarium

Advanced aquarists (109)
Beginner species (68)
Intermediate aquarists (360)
Never bred (15)
Never maintained (84)

Special

Furu (203)
Mbuna (273)
Utaka (18)