A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Cichlidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acarichthys heckelii (Müller & Troschel, 1849) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acaronia nassa (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens chimantanus Inger, 1956 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens epae Kullander, 1995 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens gerciliae Kullander, 1995 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens mauesanus Kullander, 1997 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens metae Eigenmann, 1922 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens michaeli Kullander, 1995 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens pallidus (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens paloemeuensis Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens patricki Kullander, 1984 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens plagiozonatus Kullander, 1984 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens potaroensis Eigenmann, 1912 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens rondoni (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens tubicen Kullander & Ferreira, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alticorpus geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa, 2004 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alticorpus macrocleithrum (Stauffer & McKaye, 1985) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alticorpus mentale Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alticorpus peterdaviesi (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alticorpus profundicola Stauffer & McKaye, 1988 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Altolamprologus calvus (Poll, 1978) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Altolamprologus compressiceps (Boulenger, 1898) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amatitlania nanolutea (Allgayer, 1994) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amatitlania sajica (Bussing, 1974) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphilophus chancho Stauffer, McCrary & Black, 2008 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphilophus globosus Geiger, McCrary & Stauffer, 2010 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphilophus labiatus (Günther, 1864) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphilophus margaritifer (Günther, 1862) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphilophus sagittae Stauffer & McKaye, 2002 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphilophus supercilius Geiger, McCrary & Stauffer, 2010 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amphilophus xiloaensis Stauffer & McKaye, 2002 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Andinoacara biseriatus (Regan, 1913) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Andinoacara blombergi Wijkmark, Kullander & Barriga Salazar, 2012 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Andinoacara pulcher (Gill, 1858) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Andinoacara sapayensis (Regan, 1903) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anomalochromis thomasi (Boulenger, 1915) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma acrensis Staeck, 2003 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma aguarico Römer & Hahn, 2013 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma allpahuayo Römer, Beninde, Duponchelle, Díaz, Ortega, Hahn, Soares, Cachay, Dávila, Cornejo & Renno, 2012 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma amoena (Cope, 1872) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma angayuara Kullander & Ferreira, 2005 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma arua Römer & Warzel, 1998 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma atahualpa Römer, 1997 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma baenschi Römer, Hahn, Römer, Soares & Wöhler, 2004 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma barlowi Römer & Hahn, 2008 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma bitaeniata Pellegrin, 1936 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apistogramma borellii (Regan, 1906) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.