Animal field guide
Cichlid
Cichlidae
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Animal · Native range keys: · Relatively common
Known for: Recognized in AnimalDex as Cichlid, Indexed profile #2023
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Understand the Cichlid
Factual biology first: what this animal is like, where it lives, how it survives, and why those traits exist.
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Introduction to Cichlid
The Shape-Shifting Specialists. The Shape-Shifting Specialists. Adapting to many roles can help life flourish in changing environments.
How to identify a Cichlid
- Recognized in AnimalDex as Cichlid
- Indexed profile #2023
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Adaptations and biological abilities
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Why does Cichlid behave this way?
- A second set of tools lets one body take many jobs.
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Why Native range keys: sub_saharan_africa?
Habitat: Native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia.
Native range: Native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia.
Native range
Natural range, not this specific capture location.
Native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia.
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Why this diet?
Cichlid eats the foods its body design and habitat make easiest to access. Diet can shift across seasons, life stages, and local competition.
- The most accessible prey or plant foods in its habitat
- Energy-rich foods that match its size and behavior
- Seasonal resources available in the local environment
A practical answer for Cichlid always depends on what food is actually available in native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia..
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Conservation and rarity
Rarity: Relatively common · 19/100. AnimalDex canonical rarity score: 19/100, maintained by the live indexed species profile.
- Observe from a respectful distance and avoid changing the animal's behavior.
- Do not block feeding, shelter, nesting, or travel routes.
- Use a live camera capture without handling or staging wildlife.
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Where to find them
Where to find Cichlid
To find Cichlid in the wild, focus on the exact habitat patches that match its body design and daily behavior, not just the broad country where it exists. You usually do better by working one good piece of habitat inside native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia. than by covering too much ground.
- Native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia.
- Protected habitat blocks within native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia.
Animal field guide
Cichlid
The Shape-Shifting Specialists. Adapting to many roles can help life flourish in changing environments.
Native range
Natural range, not this capture location
Native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia.
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Dominance
24
Speed
41
Size
15
Intelligence
32
Rarity
19%
Total
131
Size scale
Scientific name
Cichlidae
Category
Animal
Habitat
Native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia.
Rarity
Relatively common · 19/100
Native range
Native range keys: sub_saharan_africa, south_america, south_asia.
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