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Cichlid
* All cichlids practise some form of parental care.
* Many Cichlids are very beautiful and exhibit unique morphology
  - cichlids are great jumpers too
* Most cichlids build nests for their young, but some species carry the eggs in their mouths
  - have a classical fish shape
* Some cichlids eat snails
  - require, even demand, aquatic plants as an integral part of the environment
* are an extremely diverse family of fishes, most of which are found in rift lakes in Africa
  - famous for their speciation in East African lakes
  - highly diverse in maximum size, coloration, behavior, and ecology
* are popular aquarium fish
  - in the aquarium hobby for a four reason
  - small bony fish whose mouth parts have evolved to suit their different eating patterns
  - somewhat perchlike, but have a single nostril on each side instead of two
* can regenerate their teeth throughout their lifetime.
* come in a surprising diversity of shapes, sizes and colours.
* derive their popularity mainly from the care they bestow on their offspring.
* differ in size, body shape, coloration, and breeding habits.
* fight for a reason.
* have a varied behaviour and are established study objects of ethologists.
* inhabit the warm rivers and lakes of South America and Africa.
* like to eat - there's two ways about it.
* make a great addition to any fish tank, but can become very territorial and aggressive
  - good tank mates
* offer the color and beauty of saltwater fish without the expense and hassle.
* show polychromatism in other water systems as well.
* software toolkit that facilitates real-time visualization of remote data sets.
* use color to recognize mates of the correct species.
* usually make very much dirt and the filter has to work very well.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish | cichlid:

African cichlid
* Many African cichlids guard their babies until they spawn again.
* Most African cichlids are mouth brooders.
* are very territorial and it is difficult to breed multiple species in one tank.
* love the larvae and the emerging midges
  - to eat the eyeballs out of the common plecos

Cobia
* are one of very few fishes found around the world in tropic and warm temperate seas
  - very streamlined, with a flat head
* can grow large.
* has to rate among the very best in taste and texture of flesh.
* have a brown back and sides of alternating light and dark lateral stripes
  - brown backs, a darker stripe extending the length of their sides, and are white beneath
* is an all year round catch.

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Crappie
* are abundant but grow slowly
  - near fallen trees and other brush and are biting on small jigs tipped with minnows
  - part of crappies
  - silvery sunfish often used to stock small ponds
  - thick in the submerged brush and timber, and suspended over the creek channels
  - very popular sun fish that are found throughout the United States
* naturally inhabit streams but are most important as a sport fish in lakes.
* remain active near shallow culverts and bridges on Madison Lake.
* respond to deep holes based on food location and climatic conditions.
* seem to prefer waxies during the day and minnows at dusk and after sundown.
* tend to reside in deeper staging areas than do sunfish.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish | crappie:

Black crappie
* are crappies
  - silver-olive with numerous black or green splotches on the sides
  - the only panfish with a size and creel limit
* thrive in clear, natural lakes and reservoirs with moderate vegetation.

White crappie
* are common in Horseshoe Lake
  - warm water lakes and rivers throughout the state
* come up shallow to spawn and prefer stained water.