How to Use cichlid in a Sentence

cichlid

noun
  • If small fish approach to scavenge, the cichlid lunges and makes a meal of them.
    — Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • One wall holds a fish tank stocked with cichlids from Lake Tanganyika.
    — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 6 June 2019
  • Teleogramma obamaorum, a species of an African fish called cichlids.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2017
  • So can bees, which can also add and subtract, as can both stingrays and cichlids—at least for a small number of objects (in the range of one to five).
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But the number of cichlid species has declined, researchers found in the 1990s.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
  • While researchers know the lake is teeming with various cichlid fishes, there are likely far more species still undiscovered.
    — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Africa's Lake Victoria, for example, hosts hundreds of species of fish called cichlids.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
  • Fishing will primarily be for largemouth bass and panfish such as bluegills, warmouths and Mayan cichlids.
    — Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2017
  • The program will have a garden that students will learn to maintain and an aquarium filled with African cichlids, Calhoun said.
    — Rachael Pacella, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Aggressive Rio Grande cichlids have taken over many local waterways, muscling out bream and crappie.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
  • The species was originally described in 1976 as a cichlid, part of the family that includes tilapia and peacock bass.
    — Asher Elbein, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Researchers at the University of Burgundy performed a series of tests on convict cichlids, a type of fish, and measured their moods.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 15 June 2019
  • Kayaking, swimming, and snorkeling to see the lake's vibrant cichlid fish population are popular pastimes.
    — Melanie Van Zyl, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The ligament molecule was introduced to the existing genetic pathway in a different species of cichlid that did not have the snout, Albertson said.
    — Laney Ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
  • These animals, largely cichlids, enjoy pristine cerulean surroundings.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Scientists at the University of Burgundy in France studied one called the convict cichlid, a monogamous fish species that forms long-lasting pairs.
    — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 July 2019
  • The behavior is much rarer among aquatic species, although the authors note that male African cichlids expel pulses of urine to mark territory and in certain reproductive contexts.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
  • These warblers now join Amazonian butterflies, cichlid fish in Africa, as well as our own hominid lineage, as exemplars of this process of evolutionary sharing.
    — David Toews, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Indeed, African cichlids are famous for their rapid speciation, as scientists have described some 1,700 species and are continuing to discover more.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2025
  • In fact, because female cichlids choose to mate with male cichlids whose colors correspond to their own, these fish have successfully separated themselves into separate mating pools, and thus species, while still living in close proximity.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2023
  • Alan Zaremba said a variety of fish, including largemouth and peacock bass, oscars, Mayan cichlids and chain pickerel, were biting jerkbaits and suspending jerkbaits in Everglades canals.
    — Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 June 2017
  • Researchers at the University of Burgundy performed a series of tests on convict cichlids — a species of small, monogamous fish native to Central America — to measure their mood and emotional attachment.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 June 2019
  • In scale-eating cichlid fish (Perissodus microlepis), the dominant eye directly governs which side the fish attacks from during predation; blocking it with an artificial cataract more than halves the angle velocity of their strike and significantly reduces their success rate.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • To see whether fish might possess this ability, the team went to Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa to conduct different experiments on the emperor cichlid (Boulengerochromis microlepis), a species that is neither too fearful of nor too aggressive toward humans.
    — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Martin Fly introduced the perfect outfit for South Florida anglers who are looking to get into fly fishing as well as experienced fly-rodders who are seeking an ideal setup for pursuing largemouth and peacock bass, as well as bluegills, Mayan cichlids and snakeheads in local lakes and canals.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2025

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