How to Use cichlid in a Sentence

cichlid

noun

• If small fish approach to scavenge, the cichlid lunges and makes a meal of them.
  — Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• The striped P. straeleni cichlid looks a lot like two other cichlid species in the lake.
  — National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017
• One wall holds a fish tank stocked with cichlids from Lake Tanganyika.
  — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 6 June 2019
• 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
• Zaremba said live worms such as nightcrawlers will catch oscars, Mayan cichlids, spotted sunfish and bluegills.
  — Steve Waters, miamiherald, 30 Mar. 2018
• Teleogramma obamaorum, a species of an African fish called cichlids.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2017
• 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
• 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
• Africa's Lake Victoria, for example, hosts hundreds of species of fish called cichlids.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
• Fishing will primarily be for largemouth bass and panfish such as bluegills, warmouths and Mayan cichlids.
  — Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2017
• 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
• 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
• Aggressive Rio Grande cichlids have taken over many local waterways, muscling out bream and crappie.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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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