How to Use cichlid in a Sentence
cichlid
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If small fish approach to scavenge, the cichlid lunges and makes a meal of them.
—Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
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The striped P. straeleni cichlid looks a lot like two other cichlid species in the lake.
—National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017
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One wall holds a fish tank stocked with cichlids from Lake Tanganyika.
—Gregory Barber, WIRED, 6 June 2019
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Predatory cichlid: At least two species of this fish may lure prey by sinking to the bottom of a river or lake and lying still as a corpse.
—Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
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Zaremba said live worms such as nightcrawlers will catch oscars, Mayan cichlids, spotted sunfish and bluegills.
—Steve Waters, miamiherald, 30 Mar. 2018
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Teleogramma obamaorum, a species of an African fish called cichlids.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2017
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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
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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
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Africa's Lake Victoria, for example, hosts hundreds of species of fish called cichlids.
—Elizabeth Preston, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
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Fishing will primarily be for largemouth bass and panfish such as bluegills, warmouths and Mayan cichlids.
—Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2017
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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
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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
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Aggressive Rio Grande cichlids have taken over many local waterways, muscling out bream and crappie.
—Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
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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
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In addition, his charters catch peacock bass, bluegills, spotted sunfish, shellcrackers, speckled perch, chain pickerel, mudfish and non-native species such as oscars, Mayan cichlids and jaguar guapotes.
—Steve Waters, miamiherald, 30 Mar. 2018
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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
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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
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