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cichlid fish

DEFINITIONS OF: cichlid fish

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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

Synonyms:
cichlid
Types:
Tilapia nilotica, bolti
important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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