South and Central American Cichlids
Cichlinae
The Cichlinae are a subfamily of fishes in the cichlid family, native to Central and South America.
This subfamily consists of approximately 117 described species as of July 2017. Some authors have suggested that the Cichlinae encompasses all of the Neotropical Cichlids and found the taxon to be monophyletic and to be divided into seven tribes: Astronotini, Chaetobranchini, Cichlasomatini, Cichlini, Geophagini, Heroini, and Retroculini. In this system the Geophaginae plus the Chaetobranchini were recovered as the sister taxon to the clade consisting of the Heroini plus the Cichlatsomatini, these latter two being referred to as the subfamily Cichlasomatinae in some classifications, while the monogeneric Astronotini was a sister taxon to these four, while the Cichlini and Retroculini made up a sister clade of the other five.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 565 known species
Mayaheros
genusMayaheros
Herichthys
genusHerichthys
Peacock Basses
genusCichla
Freshwater Angelfishes
genusPterophyllum
Oscars
genusAstronotus
Midas Cichlids
genusAmphilophus
Typical Eartheaters
genusGeophagus
Guapotes
genusParachromis
Vieja
genusVieja
Convict Cichlids
genusAmatitlania
Cichlasoma
genusCichlasoma
Blue Acaras
genusAndinoacara
Discus Cichlids
genusSymphysodon
Chanchitos
genusAustraloheros
Amphilophus × Vieja
genushybridAmphilophus × Vieja
Rocio
genusRocio
Pike Cichlids
genusCrenicichla
Saxatilia
genusSaxatilia
Severum Cichlids
genusHeros
Cribroheros
genusCribroheros
True Acaras
genusAequidens
Apistos
genusApistogramma
Bujurquina
genusBujurquina
Flag Cichlids
genusMesonauta
Thorichthys Cichlids
genusThorichthys
Trichromis
genusTrichromis
Southern Eartheaters
genusGymnogeophagus
Ram Cichlids
genusMikrogeophagus
Krobia
genusKrobia
Lugubria
genusLugubria
Demon Eartheaters
genusSatanoperca
Petenia
genusPetenia
Basketmouths
genusCaquetaia
Spilurus Cichlids
genusCryptoheros
Bandit Acaras
genusGuianacara
Acarichthys
genusAcarichthys
Chocolate Cichlids
genusHypselecara
Rainbow Cichlids
genusHerotilapia
Talamancaheros
genusTalamancaheros
Checkerboard Cichlids
genusDicrossus
Nandopsis
genusNandopsis
Chuco
genusChuco
Hypsophrys
genusHypsophrys
Smiling Acaras
genusLaetacara
Tomocichla
genusTomocichla
Astatheros
genusAstatheros
Mesoheros
genusMesoheros
Neetroplus
genusNeetroplus
Acaronia
genusAcaronia
Uaru Cichlids
genusUaru
Flier Cichlids
genusArchocentrus
Herichthys × Mayaheros
genushybridHerichthys × Mayaheros
Kronoheros
genusKronoheros
Cincelichthys
genusCincelichthys
Nannacara Dwarf Cichlids
genusNannacara
Biotodoma
genusBiotodoma
Keyhole Cichlids
genusCleithracara
Chaetobranchus
genusChaetobranchus
Rheoheros
genusRheoheros
Dwarf Pike Cichlids
genusWallaciia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 567544.