Angelfish
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 6 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 76–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Types of cichlids
45 cichlids compared at one scale: adult size, the tank they need, temperature and group size.
German blue ram
Peaceful · Bottom · demanding care
- 3 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 78–85 °F
- pH 5 to 7
- alone or pair
Kribensis
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 4 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 75–80 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Cockatoo dwarf cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 3 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 5.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Acei cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 74–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 6+
Agassiz's dwarf cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 1.7 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 5 to 7
- alone or pair
Auratus cichlid
Aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 4.3 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 73–82 °F
- pH 7.6 to 8.6
- groups of 4+
Blood parrot cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 8 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 76–80 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Blue acara
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Blue dolphin cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 7.9 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 75–78 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 4+
Bolivian ram
Peaceful · Bottom · easy care
- 3.2 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6 to 8
- alone or pair
Bumblebee cichlid
Aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 6.3 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 76–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 4+
Convict cichlid
Aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 4.7 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Convict julie
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 5.1 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 75–80 °F
- pH 7.5 to 9
- groups of 2+
Demasoni cichlid
Aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 3.9 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 76–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 12+
Discus
Peaceful · Middle · demanding care
- 8 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 82–88 °F
- pH 5 to 7
- groups of 5+
Electric blue acara
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Electric blue hap
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 4.5 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 76–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 3+
Fairy cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 3.5 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 75–81 °F
- pH 7.8 to 9
- groups of 2+
Festivum
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 4.8 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Firemouth cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Flowerhorn cichlid
Aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 14 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 78–84 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- one per tank
Frontosa
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 13 in adult
- 125+ gal
- 76–82 °F
- pH 7.8 to 9
- alone or pair
Golden dwarf cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 2.2 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Green terror
Aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 12 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 70–79 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Jack Dempsey
Aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 10 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Jaguar cichlid
Aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 26 in adult
- 125+ gal
- 75–82 °F
- pH 7 to 8.7
- alone or pair
Jewel cichlid
Aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Kenyi cichlid
Aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 5 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 76–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 4+
Keyhole cichlid
Peaceful · Middle · easy care
- 4 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Oscar
Aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 14 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 6 to 8
- alone or pair
Peacock cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 6 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.6
- one male per tank
Rainbow cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 30+ gal
- 72–84 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- alone or pair
Red devil cichlid
Aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 12 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 75–82 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- one per tank
Red zebra cichlid
Aggressive · Bottom · easy care
- 5 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 3+
Rusty cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 4.3 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 75–79 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 4+
Salvini cichlid
Aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 5.9 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 72–81 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- alone or pair
Saulosi cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 3.4 in adult
- 40+ gal
- 76–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 6+
Severum
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 8 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Shell-dweller cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 2 in adult
- 10+ gal
- 75–80 °F
- pH 7.5 to 9
- groups of 3+
Texas cichlid
Aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 12 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 68–82 °F
- pH 6.5 to 8
- alone or pair
Uaru
Semi-aggressive · Middle · moderate care
- 9.8 in adult
- 75+ gal
- 79–86 °F
- pH 5.5 to 7
- groups of 2+
Umbrella dwarf cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 1.5 in adult
- 15+ gal
- 70–79 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- alone or pair
Venustus cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Bottom · moderate care
- 9.8 in adult
- 125+ gal
- 76–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.6
- groups of 3+
Yellow lab cichlid
Semi-aggressive · Middle · easy care
- 6 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 72–82 °F
- pH 7.5 to 8.5
- groups of 4+
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Names, and adult sizes where the article gives one, are checked against Wikipedia; care ranges are common hobby guidance, and each species page says which is which. 45 of these 45 are fish. Photos are real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, credited below; the lineup is our own drawing at one scale.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Angelfish Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- German blue ram Eric Mengel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kribensis André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cockatoo dwarf cichlid William Kreijkes, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Acei cichlid Toby Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agassiz's dwarf cichlid Cisamarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Auratus cichlid Vlad Butsky from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blood parrot cichlid Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blue acara Loïc Tremblay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blue dolphin cichlid Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bolivian ram HenryC88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bumblebee cichlid Nicolas COUTHOUIS, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Convict cichlid S. Olkowicz, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Convict julie Regani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Demasoni cichlid lee Nachtigal, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Discus Patrick Farrelly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Electric blue acara 5snake5, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Electric blue hap The Evil Spartan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fairy cichlid FakirNL, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Festivum Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Firemouth cichlid H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Flowerhorn cichlid Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Frontosa 5snake5, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Golden dwarf cichlid Borkowski.robert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Green terror Dr. David Midgley at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Dempsey Sviemeister (English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jaguar cichlid George Chernilevsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jewel cichlid NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kenyi cichlid Ged (Wikimedia Commons), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Keyhole cichlid D.W., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peacock cichlid Xav84800, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rainbow cichlid Happy Birthday To You!, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Red devil cichlid AtelierMonpli, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Red zebra cichlid Maha Dinesh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rusty cichlid Gerard Delany, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Salvini cichlid Banteo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Saulosi cichlid Gerard Delany, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Severum Trisha M Shears, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Shell-dweller cichlid Richard A. Ingebrigtsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Texas cichlid Charles & Clint, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Uaru Brent Tibbats, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Umbrella dwarf cichlid Gordon Axmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Venustus cichlid Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Yellow lab cichlid Julian Matz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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