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Taxon: Family Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835 - cichlids (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Ovalentaria Smith & Near, 2012
                                                                                               Superorder Cichlomorphae [monotypic]
                                                                                                 Order Cichliformes - cichlids and convict blennies
                                                                                                   Family Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835 - cichlids
                                                                                                     [Genus Acara Heckel, 1840]
                                                                                                     [Genus Acaropsis Steindachner, 1875, nom. illeg.] see Genus Acaronia Myers, 1940
                                                                                                     [Genus Alcolapia Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969] see Genus Oreochromis Günther, 1889
                                                                                                     [Genus Barombia Trewavas, 1962, nom. illeg.] see Genus Pungu Trewavas, 1972
                                                                                                     [Genus Batrachops]
                                                                                                     [Genus Cichlosoma Regan, 1905] see Genus Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839
                                                                                                     [Genus Harpagochromis Greenwood, 1980]
                                                                                                     [Genus Hemihaplochromis Wickler, 1963]
                                                                                                     [Genus Heterogramma auct., Regan]
                                                                                                     [Genus Mbuna]
                                                                                                     [Genus Mesops auct.]
                                                                                                     [Genus Metriaclima Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997]
                                                                                                     [Genus Microgeophagus]
                                                                                                     [Genus Papiliochromis Kullander, 1977]
                                                                                                     [Genus Parapetenia Regan, 1905]
                                                                                                     [Genus Platygnathochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989]
                                                                                                     [Genus Pterophillum] see Genus Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                     [Genus Telotrematocara Poll, 1986] see Genus Trematocara Boulenger, 1899
                                                                                                     [Genus Varu] see Genus Uaru Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                     1 [stem] Genus †Tugenchromis Altner, Schliewen, Penk & Reichenbacher, 2017
                                                                                                     2 Genus †Proterocara Malabarba, Zuleta & del Papa, 2006
                                                                                                     3 Subfamily Etroplinae Kullander, 1998 - Indian and Madagascan cichlids
                                                                                                     4 Subfamily Ptychochrominae Sparks, 2004 - Malagasy cichlids
                                                                                                     5 Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae Fowler, 1934 - African cichlids
                                                                                                     5. [Genus Chalinochromis Poll, 1974] see Genus Julidochromis Boulenger, 1898
                                                                                                     5. [Genus Eclectochromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989] see Genus Protomelas Eccles & Trewavas, 1989
                                                                                                     5. [Subfamily Haplochrominae] see Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae Fowler, 1934
                                                                                                     5. [Genus Hoplotilapia Hilgendorf, 1888 [monotypic]] see Genus Haplochromis Hilgendorf, 1888
                                                                                                     5. [Genus Macropleurodus Regan, 1922] see Genus Haplochromis Hilgendorf, 1888
                                                                                                     5. [Genus Maravichromis Eccles & Trewavas, 1989] see Genus Mylochromis Regan, 1920
                                                                                                     5. [Genus Microchromis Johnson, 1975 [monotypic]] see Genus Cynotilapia Regan, 1922
                                                                                                     5. [Genus Platytaeniodus Boulenger, 1906 [monotypic]] see Genus Haplochromis Hilgendorf, 1888
                                                                                                     5. [Genus Plecodus Boulenger, 1898] see Genus Perissodus Boulenger, 1898
                                                                                                     6 Subfamily Cichlinae Bonaparte, 1835 - American cichlids
                                                                                                     6. [Subfamily Geophaginae] see Subfamily Cichlinae Bonaparte, 1835
                                                                                                     6. [Tribe Heroini] see Subfamily Cichlinae Bonaparte, 1835
                                                                                                     6.41.0 [Genus "Heterotilapia" Regan, 1904, orth. inval.] see Genus Herotilapia Pellegrin, 1904

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