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Taxon: Subfamily Cichlinae Bonaparte, 1835 - American 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
                                                                                                     Subfamily Cichlinae Bonaparte, 1835 - American cichlids
                                                                                                       01 Genus †Plesioheros Perez, Malabarba & del Papa, 2010
                                                                                                       02 Genus Acarichthys Eigenmann, 1912 [monotypic]
                                                                                                       03 Genus Acaronia Myers, 1940
                                                                                                       04 Genus Aequidens Eigenmann & Bray, 1894
                                                                                                       05 Genus Amatitlania Schmitter-Soto, 2007
                                                                                                       06 Genus Amphilophus Agassiz, 1859
                                                                                                       07 Genus Andinoacara Musilová, Říčan & Novák, 2009
                                                                                                       08 Genus Apistogramma Regan, 1913
                                                                                                       09 Genus Apistogrammoides Meinken, 1965 [monotypic]
                                                                                                       10 Genus Archocentrus Gill, 1877
                                                                                                       11 Genus Astatheros Pellegrin, 1904
                                                                                                       12 Genus Astronotus Swainson, 1839
                                                                                                       13 Genus Australoheros Říčan & Kullander, 2006
                                                                                                       14 Genus Biotodoma Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
                                                                                                       15 Genus Biotoecus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
                                                                                                       16 Genus Bujurquina Kullander, 1986
                                                                                                       17 Genus Caquetaia Fowler, 1945
                                                                                                       18 Genus Chaetobranchopsis Steindachner, 1875
                                                                                                       19 Genus Chaetobranchus Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                       20 Genus Chiapaheros McMahan & Piller, 2015
                                                                                                       21 Genus Chocoheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016
                                                                                                       22 Genus Chortiheros Říčan & Dragová, 2016
                                                                                                       23 Genus Chuco Fernández-Yépez, 1969
                                                                                                       24 Genus Cichla Bloch & Schneider, 1801
                                                                                                       25 Genus Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839
                                                                                                       26 Genus Cincelichthys McMahan & Piller, 2015
                                                                                                       27 Genus Cleithracara Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 [monotypic]
                                                                                                       28 Genus Crenicara Steindachner, 1875
                                                                                                       29 Genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                       30 Genus Cribroheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016
                                                                                                       31 Genus Cryptoheros Allgayer, 2001
                                                                                                       32 Genus Darienheros Říčan & Novák, 2016
                                                                                                       33 Genus Dicrossus Steindachner, 1875
                                                                                                       34 Genus Geophagus Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                       35 Genus Guianacara Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
                                                                                                       36 Genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918
                                                                                                       37 Genus Hemeraia Varella, Kullander, Menezes, Oliveira & López-Fernández, 2023
                                                                                                       38 Genus Herichthys Baird & Girard, 1854
                                                                                                       39 Genus Heroina Kullander, 1996 [monotypic]
                                                                                                       40 Genus Heros Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                       41 Genus Herotilapia Pellegrin, 1904
                                                                                                       42 Genus Hoplarchus Kaup, 1860 [monotypic]
                                                                                                       43 Genus Hypselecara Kullander, 1986
                                                                                                       44 Genus Hypsophrys Agassiz, 1859
                                                                                                       45 Genus Isthmoheros Říčan & Novák, 2016
                                                                                                       46 Genus Ivanacara Römer & Hahn, 2006
                                                                                                       47 Genus Kihnichthys McMahan & Matamoros, 2015
                                                                                                       48 Genus Krobia Kullander & Nijssen, 1989
                                                                                                       49 Genus Kronoheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016
                                                                                                       50 Genus Laetacara Kullander, 1986
                                                                                                       51 Genus Lugubria Varella, Kullander, Menezes, Oliveira & López-Fernández, 2023
                                                                                                       52 Genus Maskaheros McMahan & Piller, 2015
                                                                                                       53 Genus Mayaheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016
                                                                                                       54 Genus Mazarunia Kullander, 1990
                                                                                                       55 Genus Mesoheros McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015
                                                                                                       56 Genus Mesonauta Günther, 1862
                                                                                                       57 Genus Mikrogeophagus Meulengracht-Madsen, 1968
                                                                                                       58 Genus Nandopsis Gill, 1862
                                                                                                       59 Genus Nannacara Regan, 1905
                                                                                                       60 Genus Neetroplus Günther, 1867
                                                                                                       61 Genus Oscura McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015
                                                                                                       62 Genus Panamius Schmitter-Soto, 2007
                                                                                                       63 Genus Parachromis Agassiz, 1859
                                                                                                       64 Genus Paraneetroplus Regan, 1905
                                                                                                       65 Genus Petenia Günther, 1862 [monotypic]
                                                                                                       66 Genus Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                       67 Genus Retroculus Eigenmann & Bray, 1894
                                                                                                       68 Genus Rheoheros McMahan & Matamoros, 2015
                                                                                                       69 Genus Rocio Schmitter-Soto, 2007
                                                                                                       70 Genus Rondonacara Ottoni & Mattos, 2015
                                                                                                       71 Genus Satanoperca Günther, 1862
                                                                                                       72 Genus Saxatilia Varella, Kullander, Menezes, Oliveira & López-Fernández, 2023
                                                                                                       73 Genus Symphysodon Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                       74 Genus Taeniacara Myers, 1935 [monotypic]
                                                                                                       75 Genus Tahuantinsuyoa Kullander, 1986
                                                                                                       76 Genus Talamancaheros Říčan & Novák, 2016
                                                                                                       77 Genus Teleocichla Kullander, 1988
                                                                                                       78 Genus Theraps Günther, 1862
                                                                                                       79 Genus Thorichthys Meek, 1904
                                                                                                       80 Genus Tomocichla Regan, 1908
                                                                                                       81 Genus Trichromis McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015
                                                                                                       82 Genus Uaru Heckel, 1840
                                                                                                       83 Genus Vieja Fernández-Yépez, 1969
                                                                                                       84 Genus Wajpamheros Říčan & Piálek, 2016
                                                                                                       85 Genus Wallaciia Varella, Kullander, Menezes, Oliveira & López-Fernández, 2023

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