1. freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums; [syn: cichlid, cichlid fish]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cichlid fish
n 1: freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia
similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many
small ones are popular in aquariums [syn: cichlid,
cichlid fish]