Njengamanje, kunezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-200 zama-cichlids aziwa, nakuba kungezona zonke izakhamuzi zasemanzini. Ngisho nezinhlanzi ezinjalo ezaziwayo, njenge-scaly ne-discus, nazo zimelela lezi zinhlobo. Ama-Scalariya , okuthiwa i- angelfish , anomzimba ophuziziwe onamapulangwe aphezulu futhi ahlambalaza kanye nezinhlawulo ezindala kakhulu, okunikeza inhlanzi ukuhlobisa okungavamile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umbala olinganiselwe umbala wezinhlanzi uhlawulelwa ngokuba khona kwamaqembu ahambayo emzimbeni, okushintsha umbala kuye ngokuthi isimo senhlanzi.
Zifana nokuhlelwa kwabadlali be-discus (igama livela egameni lesiLatini elithi "disk"), kodwa banomdwebo wombala ocebile.
Futhi manje ngamazwi ambalwa mayelana nabameleli abangaphezu kwamanye ama-cichlids.
Izinhlobo zezinhlanzi ze-Aquarium ezinama-cichlids
Ake siqale ngezinhlobo zama-cichlids aseMalawi. Okuthandwa kakhulu futhi okuvamile phakathi kwezilwane eziphilayo zezinhlobo zezinhlanzi yi-blue dolphin, ebizwa ngegama layo ngenxa yokufana kwayo okufanayo namadonphin enhlokweni yekhanda. Inhlanzi inemibala eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, engowesilisa oyinhloko, lapho ejabule, iphenduka ibe mnyama okwesibhakabhaka. Ngesikhathi sokuzala, abesilisa nabo banendawo ephuzi emabunzini abo kanye nobumnyama obuhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, cishe obumnyama, amabhande ezinhlangothini zabo. Isici esivela cishe kuzo zonke iziqhwa zeziMalavia (ngendlela, abameleli balezi zinhlanzi babizwa nangokuthi ama-cichlids ase-Afrika, njengoba ichibi laseMalawi lingumthombo wemvelo wamanzi, elisezweni lase-Afrika) yilokho owesifazane ophethe i-caviar emlonyeni wakhe. Kulolu hlobo, i-bag (noma isikhwama) esakhiwe emantwini azungeze umphimbo, lapho amaqanda amakhulu ahlonywa amaviki angu-3-4. Ngalesi sikhathi, le nsikazi inqaba ngokuphelele ukudla.
Ama-cichlids aseMelika
Zonke izinhlobo zama-cichlids aseMelika ziba nezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-50. Abameleli abaqhakazile bezinhlobo zezinhlanzi bangabhekwa njengabahlaziyi be-discus kanye ne-discus, kanye ne-geofagus. I-Geofagus iyinhlanzi evamile, eneendlela ezithakazelisayo zokudla. Ubutha isihlabathi emlonyeni wakhe bese ehlunga izimpungushe, ama-molluscs amancane, ama-algae lapho isitshalo sitshalwe khona, bese-ke, ugwinya ingxenye edlayo, uchithe izinsalela.
Kunezinhlobo ezinjalo ze-geofagus:
- ama-redheads (abesilisa engxenyeni engenhla yekhanda banezindawo ezibomvu, futhi umbala wonke wezinhlanzi ungahluka kuye ngokuthi isimo saso sisuka kusiliva elibekiwe kuya esimeni segolide);
- I-Surinamese;
- IsiBrazil (ummeli ohlukumezayo kakhulu wezilwane);
- geofagus shtayndahnera.
Zonke ziyizinhlobo zezilwane ezidliwayo futhi zidinga izimo ezikhethekile zokuboshwa.