Cichlid genera are the genera of the family Cichlidae, which stands out as an extraordinary example of vertebrate evolution because of its intense speciation, with parenting among the most intensive in fishes. Cichlids are mainly found in lowland freshwater areas of tropical and subtropical regions, and the great majority live in the Great Lakes of East Africa, where between 800 and 2100 species are thought to exist. GBIF is led by Haplochromis with about 260 descendant taxa, Apistogramma with about 147, Crenicichla with about 137, Oreochromis with about 73 and Geophagus with about 69.
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Animal Diversity Web: Cichlidae
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The Cichlidae family stands out as an extraordinary example of vertebrate evolution.
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Cichlidae
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"canonicalName":"Haplochromis","vernacularName":"mouth brooders","authorship":"Hilgendorf, 1888","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Hilgendorf, F. M. 1888. Fische aus dem Victoria-Nyanza (Ukerewe-See), gesammelt von dem verstorbenen Dr. G. A. Fischer. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1888: 75-79.","numDescendants":260
Children of Cichlidae: Apistogramma
"canonicalName":"Apistogramma","vernacularName":"Apisto Cichlids","authorship":"Regan, 1913","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Regan, Charles T. 1913. Fishes from the River Ucayali, Peru, collected by W. Mounsey. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History', Series 8 12: 281-283.","numDescendants":147
Children of Cichlidae: Crenicichla
"canonicalName":"Crenicichla","vernacularName":"Pike Cichlids","authorship":"Heckel, 1840","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Heckel, J. J. (1840). Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden). Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 2: 325-471, Pls. 29-30.","numDescendants":137
Children of Cichlidae: Oreochromis
"canonicalName":"Oreochromis","authorship":"Carnevale et al., 2003","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":0
Children of Cichlidae: Geophagus
"canonicalName":"Geophagus","vernacularName":"Earth Eaters","authorship":"Heckel, 1840","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Heckel, J. J. (1840). Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden). Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 2: 325-471, Pls. 29-30.","numDescendants":69
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Astronotus is a genus of South American fish from the family Cichlidae.
Oreochromis - Wikipedia
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Oreochromis is a large genus of oreochromine cichlids, fishes endemic to Africa and the Middle East.
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