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Cichlids

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For your convenience, I have list down the cichlids in terms of groups or categories and their temperaments.
AMERICAN
Aggressive Behavior
Aureum (Cichlasoma aureum)
Blackbelt Cichlid(Cichlasoma maculicauda)
Convict Cichlid (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum)
Demon eartheater (Satanoperca jurupari)
Dow's Cichlid (Herichthys Dovii)
Flag Cichlid (Mesonauta festivus)
Green Terror (Aequidens sp. cf. rivulatus)
Half-Banded Pike Cichlid (Crenicichla geayi)
Jack Dempsey (Cichlasoma octofasciatum)
Jaguar Cichlid (Herichthys managuensis)
Midas Cichlid (Cichlasoma citrinellum)
Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)
Pearl Cichlid (Geophagus brasilensis)
Peacock Cichlid (Cichla ocellaris)
Pike Cichlid (Crenicichla lepidota)
Red Devil (Cichlasoma labiatum)
Salvin's Cichlid (Cichlasoma salvini)
Texas Cichlid (Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum)
Three Spot (Cichlasoma trimaculatum)
Crenicichla lacustris
Neutral
Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)
Angelfish (Pterophyllum altum)
Angelfish (Pterophyllum leopoldi)
Blue-Eye Cichlid (Cichlasoma spilurum)
Quetzal Cichlid (Paratheraps fenestratus)
Redheaded Cichlid (Cichlasoma synspilum)
Slender Geophagus (Satonoperca daemon)
Spadetailed Checkerboard Cichlid (Dicrossus maculatus)
Geophagus surinamensis
Peaceful
Agassiz's Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma agassizii)
Blue Acara (Aequidens pulcher)
Bolivian Ram (Microgeophagus Altispinosa)
Chocolate Cichlid (Cichlasoma crassum)
Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides)
Festive Cichlid (Mesonauta festiva)
Discus (Symphysodon discus)
Firemouth (Thorichthys meeki)
Flag Cichlid (Aequidens curviceps)
Golden Dwarf Cichlid(Nannacara anomala)
Keyhole Cichlid (Aequidens maroni)
Panda Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma nijsseni)
Port Cichlid (Cichlasoma portalegrense)
Ramirez's Dwarf Cichlid (Microgeophagus ramirezi)-6 cm
Red-breasted flag cichlid (Laetacara dorsigera)
Redhump Geophagus (Geophagus steindachneri)
Rust-Belly (Cichlasoma atromaculatum)
Severum (Heros severum)
Spilotum (Cichlasoma nicaraguense)
Thomas' Cichlid (Anomalachromis thomasi)
Triangle Cichlid (Uaru amphiacanthoides)
Two spot Cichlid (Cichlasoma bimaculatum)

LAKE TANGANYIKA
Blue-faced duboisi (Tropheus duboisi)
Calvus (Altolamprologus calvus)
Compressed cichlid (Altolamprologus compressiceps)
Convict Julie (Julidochromis regani)
Crassus (Neolamprologus crassus)
D!ckfeld's julie (Julidochromis d!ckfeldi)
Dwarf shell-dweller (Neolamprologus brevis)
Ectodus melanogenys (Enantiopus melanogenys)
Enantiopus ochrogenys (Xenotilapia ochrogenys)
Featherfin cichlid (Cyathopharynx furcifer)
Five-barred cichlid (Neolamprologus tretocephalus)
Frontosa (Cyphotilapia frontosa)
Frontosa (Cyphotilapia gibberosa "Burundi")
Frontosa (Cyphotilapia gibberosa "Lake Kavalla Congo")
Furcifer dark (Cyathopharynx foae)
Giant Featherfin (Benthochromis tricoti)
Goby Cichlid (Tanganicodus irsacae)
Golden leptosoma (Cyprichromis microlepidotus)
Kaiser-moorii (Tropheus sp."ikola")
Lamprologus moorii (Variabilichromis moorii)
Lemon Cichlid(Neolamprologus leleupi)
Limnochromis permaxillaris (Gnathochromis permaxillaris)
Lyretail Lamprologus (Neolamprologus brichardi)
Macrops (Callochromis macrops)
Marlier's Julie (Julidochromis marlieri)
Masked cichlid (Chalinochromis brichardi)
Masked Julie (Julidochromis transcriptus)
moorii (Tropheus moorii)
Ornate Julie(Julidochromis ornatus)
Papilio sunflower (Xenotilapia sp. "papilio sunflower")
Paratilapia leptosoma (Cyprichromis leptosoma)
Princess of Zambia (Neolamprologus pulcher)
Red Moorii (Tropheus sp."red")
Speckleback rainbow (Cyprichromis sp. "leptosoma jumbo speckleback rainbow")
Spilopterus (Xenotilapia spilopterus)
Striped telmat(Telmatochromis bifrenatus)
Tanganyika clown (Eretmodus cyanostictus)
Tetracanthus (Neolamprologus tetracanthus)
Yellowbelly (Boulengerochromis microlepis)
Callochromis greshakei
Callochromis melanostigma
Callochromis pleurospilu
Chalinochromis sp. (Chalinochromis popelini)
Chromis horei
Eretmodus sp.
Lamprologus caudopunctatus
Lamprologus cygnus
Lamprologus daffodil
Lamprologus elongatus
Lamprologus hecqui
Lamprologus meeli
Lamprologus speciosus
Limnochromis otostigma
Neolamprologus buescheri
Neolamprologus calliurus
Neolamprologus cylindricus
Neolamprologus falcicula
Neolamprologus kungweensis
Neolamprologus marunguensis
Neolamprologus multifasciatus
Neolamprologus nigriventris
Neolamprologus ocellatus
Neolamprologus savoryi
Neolamprologus sexfasciatus
Neolamprologus signatus
Neolamprologus similis
Neolamprologus stappersi
Paracyprichromis nigripinnis
Paratilapia nasuta (Ophthalmotilapia nasuta)
Paratilapia ventralis (Ophthalmotilapia ventralis)
Petrochromis trewavasae
Tanganicodus irsacae
Telmatochromis brichardi
Telmatochromis vittatus
Triglachromis otostigma
Tropheus annectens
Tropheus brichardi
Tropheus polli
Tropheus sp.
Variabilichromis moorii
Xenotilapia flavipinnis
Xenotilapia ochsrogeny
Xenotilapia sp. Papilio Sunflower

LAKE MALAWI
Aggressive
Blue Lumphead(Cyrtocara moorii)
Chameleon Cichlid (Melanochromis crabo)
Cobalt Blue Cichlid (Pseudotropheus socolofi)
Deepwater hap (Placidochromis electra)
Demason's Cichlid (Pseudotropheus demasoni)
Electric Blue (Haplochromis ahli)
Elephant-nose polystigma (Nimbochromis linni)
Fuelleborn's cichlid (Labeotropheus fuelleborni)
Goldstripe (Otopharynx lithobates)
Kennyi (Pseudotropheus lombardoi)
Livingstone's mbuna (Nimbochromis livingstonii)
Malawi Blue Cichlid (Pseudotropheus zebra)
Malawi Golden Cichlid (Melanochromis auratus)
Malawian eye-biter(Dimidiochromis compressiceps)
Nyassa peacock (Aulonocara nyassae)
Orange-blue Zebra Cichlid (Pseudotropheus zebra (morph))
Red Empress (Protomelas similis)
Slender Cichlid (Pseudotropheus elongatus)
Trewavas Malawi Cichlid (Labeotropheus trewavasae)
tropheops (Pseudptropheus tropheops)
Venustus (Nimbochromis venustus)
Aulonocara korneliae
Aulonocara stuartgranti
Copadichromis boadzulu
Copadichromis jacksoni
Melanochromis johanii
Peaceful
Annectens (Protomelas annectens)-15 cm
Malawi Butterfly (Aulonocara jacobfreibergi)-15 cm
Super VC 10 (Haplochromis euchilus)-30 cm
Neolamprologus tetracanthus-18 cm
Sciaenochromis ahli-12-15 cm


LAKE VICTORIA
Astatotilapia aeneocolor
Astatotilapia latifasciata
Astatotilapia nubila
Astatotilapia sp. Tricolor fulu
Haplochromis guiarti-
Haplochromis Obliquidens
Haplochromis sp. All Red
Haplochromis sp. Blue Bar
Haplochromis Blue Fire Fins
Haplochromis Blue Obliquidens
Haplochromis sp. Fire
Haplochromis Flameback
Haplochromis sp. Half Crimson
Haplochromis sp. Kenya Gold
Haplochromis sp. Palisa Black Slick
Haplochromis sp. "Red head nyererei"
Haplochromis sp. Ruby Green
Haplochromis sp. Salmon
Haplochromis sp. Tomato
Haplochromis thereuterion
Harpagochromis sp. Golden Duck
Labrochromis ishmaeli
Lipochromis parvidens
Lipochromis sp. Matumbi Hunter
Neochromis rufocaudalis
Paralabidochromis chilotes
Paralabidochromis chromogynos
Paralabidochromis sp. Rock Kribensis
Prognathochromis perrieri
Pundamilia nyererei
Pundamilia pundamilia
Pyxichromis orthostoma
Thoracochromis brauschi
Yssichromis argens
Yssichromis pyrrhocephalus

AFRICAN
African Blockhead (Steatocranus casuarius)
Burton's Mouthbrooder (Astatotilapia burtoni)
Crown Jewel Cichlid (Hemichromis bimaculatus)
dwarf Egyptian mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor)
Guineas Cichlid (Tilapia guineensis)
Hornet tetra (Tilapia buttikoferi)
Kribensis (Pelvicachromis pulcher)
Lionhead Cichlid (Steatocranus casuarius)
Mozambique Mouthbrooder (Oreochromis mossambicus)
Nigeria (Pelvicachromis taeniatus)
Nile Perch (Oreochromis niloticus)
Tiger Tilapia
Tilapia mariae
Nanochromis nudiceps
Teleogramma brichardi

ASIAN
Banded Chromide (Etroplus suratensis)
Orange Chromide (Etroplus maculatus)

MAN-MADE CICHLIDS/HYBRIDIZED CICHLIDS
Parrot Cichlids
Flowerhorn
So-called rainbow cichlids-actually white with a lot of colored spots
 
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