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Cichlidae is a huge and popular family of fish, or Cichlids, originating from both Africa and the Americas. Cichlidae belongs to the order of Perciformes and are split up into 10 sub-families which are:
- Astronotinae
- Cichlasomatinae
- Cichlinae
- Etroplinae
- Geophaginae
- Heterochromidinae
- Paratilapiinae
- Pseudocrenilabrinae
- Ptychochrominae
- Retroculinae
There are around 220 genus within this family, and over 1500 species.
