Cichliformes

Cichliformes; Temporal range:
	Pholidichthys leucotaenia, the convict blenny
	Pterophyllum scalare, the freshwater angelfish, a cichlid
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
(unranked):	Ovalentaria
Order:	Cichliformes; R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Type species
	Cichla ocellaris; Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Cichliformes /ˈsɪklɪfɔːrmiːz/ is an order of fishes. Its members were previously classified under the order Perciformes, but now many authorities consider it to be an independent order within the subseries Ovalentaria.

The earliest fossils are known from the Eocene.^[1]

^ Murray, Alison M. (2022). "Cenozoic Cichlids of Africa (Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae) With the Description of a New Species From the Oligocene of Somalia". Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. Bibcode:2022FrEaS..10.2301M. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.892301. ISSN 2296-6463.

[1] Murray, Alison M. (2022). "Cenozoic Cichlids of Africa (Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae) With the Description of a New Species From the Oligocene of Somalia". Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. Bibcode:2022FrEaS..10.2301M. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.892301. ISSN 2296-6463.

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Cichliformes Temporal range:

Pholidichthys leucotaenia, the convict blenny

Pterophyllum scalare, the freshwater angelfish, a cichlid
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
(unranked):	Ovalentaria
Order:	Cichliformes R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Type species
Cichla ocellaris Bloch & Schneider, 1801