Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cichliformes

Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*cichlids*		subjective synonym

Children

Cichlinae Bonaparte, 1835
Hemichromis Peters, 1857
Herotilapia Pellegrin, 1904
Oreochromis Günther, 1889
Pseudocrenilabrinae Fowler, 1934

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cichlids sources: MASDEA (1997).

Japanese: カワスズメ科

Literature

basis of record	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151383

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cf68c113-aca0-48c2-98fa-1c8877b51e02