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Record 1 1994-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Fish
DEF

Fish of the family Cichlidae, including the tilapias and a number of popular aquarium fishes.

OBS

Cichlidae (n. pl.): a large family of chiefly tropical freshwater percoid fishes similar in many respects to the American sunfishes, some (as the bolti) being important food fishes while a number of small forms are favored for the tropical aquarium.

OBS

The tilapias are members of the family Cichlidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Poissons
DEF

Poisson téléostéen dulcicole. (La famille des cichlidés comprend plus de 600 espèces d'Amérique latine, d'Afrique, de Madagascar et des Indes.) Les cichlidés sont les perches des eaux douces tropicales. [...] Des espèces comme les tilapies fournissent, sous forme fraîche ou séchée, une bonne part de l'alimentation protidique des pays africains et malgaches.

CONT

[...] les cichlidés, par leurs vives couleurs, [...] sont aussi les hôtes de nos aquariums.

Spanish

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