cichlid fish

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Noun

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cichlid fish - freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariumscichlidpercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order PerciformesCichlidae, family Cichlidae - cichlidsbolti, Tilapia nilotica - important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor