Maximum length: 45 cm

The peacock eye cichlid is a South American fish that comes from the Amazon.

This cichlid species prefers calm, stagnant waters;

it often stays in dead tributaries of rivers.

There you can often find it at the bottom.

Normally peacock eye cichlids are calm animals.

But they can become very aggressive towards each other or other fish.

“Everything that fits into the mouth is eaten” is the basic rule

for the coexistence of peacock eye cichlids with other fish species.

Photo 1 Johnny. Luxembourg

Photo 2 Johnny: Oberhausen Germany ( Aquarium )

Maximum length: 20 - 25 cm

Depth: 0.5 - 10 m

The parrot cichlid is a round, high-backed, deformed fish with a strange,

almost beak-shaped mouth and a head with large eyes

that is often clearly distinguishable from the body.

Photo 1 Johnny: Luxembourg ( Aquarium )

Maximum length: 35 cm

Depth: 20 - 50 m

The Tanganyika lumphead is a large cichlid fish that is endemic

to the northern part of Central Africa's Lake Tanganyika and lives over rocky bottoms.

Photo 1 Johnny: Luxembourg ( Aquarium )

Maximum length: 15 cm

The angelfish, or sailfin, is a cichlid from tropical South America.

Sailfins have a laterally compressed body with a clearly curved back and belly line.

The dorsal and anal fins begin with very short fin rays

and end with exceptionally long fin rays.

Photo 1 Johnny: Oberhausen Germany ( Aquarium )