Numerous do have problems when viewing the cichlid fish type that they are facing. This is generally as we are presented with many probable species which offer various temperaments and look. Even feeding habits could be varied. Also, a bunch of fish stores are providing details which is erroneous and because of this all is challenging to comprehend appropriately.
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| Etroplus Maculatus collected from Bharathapuzha River in Palakkad District of Kerala ( Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Even if at times it can be extremely difficult to see what sort of cichlid fish you're checking out we do have to mention various details which you must bear in mind. Now we ought to evaluate all that we can expect.
Cichlid fish groups must be made according to how people are considering them. A scientific analysis is a bad approach and the correct one is thinking about this fish as a hobby fish. The categories as well as classification below is as well according to looks and can assist you a lot to identify the fish. Additional information can always be found if you roughly know what you may be in front. With this thought we could say that there are four principal types of cichlid fish: Asian, Madagascar, African and Neotropical.
If you wish to correctly identify a cichlid fish it must be first put into among the groups. Madagascar cichlids are actually rare and you most likely never see them in any grocery store. Most Asian cichlids are oddball fish. Sri Lanka and India display 3 major Etroplus genus species. Etropus maculates is absolutely the one which is truly common and is commonly known as orange chromide. Its dimensions are small and can simply breed without a problem. We also have Etroplus canarensis, that is the rarest possible combined with the green chromide.
Even though you can find roughly about one thousand five hundred species we can still mention several guidelines which can demonstrate you what you're dealing with. Regrettably a number of species can only be identified when you do a good Internet or book investigation. There are five main forms of neotropical cichlids: cichlasoma-like cichlids, pike cichlids, apistogramma-like cichlids as well as eatheater cichlids. The main African cichlid forms are Lake Malawi cichlids, Lake Victor cichlids, Lake Tanganyikan cichilds, West African dwarg cichlids among others.
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