Cichlids
Hailing from lakes of very hard water in Africa to very soft water in South and Central America cichlids are often seen as the most intelligent fish. They often learn to recognize their owners and practice highly ritualistic and protective brood care. Most are also highly aggressive with a few being calm enough to be kept with fish other than other cichlids. Click here for more info on Cichlids.
List Sort Common Name | Scientific Name
South / Central American
Altum Angel Fish (Pterophyllum altum)
Angel Fish (Pterophyllum scalare)
Apistogramma Species (Apistogramma sp.)
Bolivian Ram (Microgeophagus altispinosa)
Butterfly (Ram) Cichlid (Microgeophagus ramirezi)
Convict Cichlid ("Cichlasoma" nigrofasciatum)
Cupid Cichlid (Biotodoma cupido "Santarem")
Festivum (Mesonauta festivus)
Firemouth Cichlid (Thorichthys meeki)
Flag Cichlid (Mesonauta festivus)
Keyhole Cichlid (Aequidens maronii)
Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)
Velvet Cichlid (Astronotus ocellatus)
Zebra Cichlid ("Cichlasoma" nigrofasciatum)
Lake Tanganyika
Blunt-headed Cichlid (Tropheus moorii)
Brevis Shelldweller (Neolamprologus brevis)
Brichards Lyretail Cichlid (Neolamprologus brichardi)
Brichards Lyretail Cichlid (Neolamprologus brichardi 'kipilli blue face')
Dickfeld's Julie (Julidochromis dickfeldi)
Frontosa (Cyphotilapia frontosa)
Golden Julie (Julidochromis ornatus)
Lemon Cichlid (Neolamprologus leleupi)
Many-banded Shell-dweller (Neolamprologus multifasciatus)
Marlieri Cichlid (Julidochromis marlieri)
Masked Julie (Julidochromis transcriptus)
Striped Julie (Julidochromis regani)
Other African
Blockhead Cichlid (Steatocranus casuarius)
Jewel Cichlid (Hemichromis guttatus)
Kribensis (Pelvicachromis pulcher)
Lionhead Cichlid (Steatocranus casuarius)
Lumphead Cichlid (Steatocranus casuarius)
Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Pelvicachromis taeniatus)
Purple Cichlid (Pelvicachromis pulcher)
