Cichlidae

S.No.	Species	Common name	Habitat	Category	Distribution
1	Eretmodus cyanostictus	-	Freshwater	Near Threatened (NT)	Tanzania; Burundi; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zambia
2	Etroplus maculatus	-	Freshwater	Least Concern (LC)	India; Sri Lanka
3	Etroplus suratensis	-	Freshwater	Least Concern (LC)	India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Singapore
4	Maylandia zebra	Blue sekeni	Freshwater	Least Concern (LC)	Malawi
5	Oreochromis mossambicus	-	Freshwater	Near Threatened (NT)	India; China; Japan; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; South Korea; Maldives; Vietnam; Saudi Arabia; Israel; Egypt; Myanmar; Jordan; Yemen; Hong Kong; Laos; Cambodia; Nepal; Turkey; Russia; Australia; Papua New Guinea; South Africa; Tanzania; Madagascar; Algeria; Angola; Kenya; Namibia; Mozambique; Ivory Coast; Senegal; France; USA; Mexico; American Soma; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Ecuador; Guyana; Suriname; Hawaii; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Kiribati; Micronesia; New Caledonia; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu
6	Oreochromis niloticus	Tilapia	Freshwater	Not Evaluated	Africa: naturally occurring in coastal rivers of Israel . Widely introduced for aquaculture, with many existing strains. Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction.
7	Sarotherodon melanotheron	-	Freshwater	Not Reported	Japan; Cambodia; Russia; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Mauritania; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Suriname; Hawaii; Benin; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Gambia; Togo
8	Spathodus erythrodon	-	Freshwater	Least Concern (LC)	Tanzania; Burundi; Democratic Republic of the Congo
9	Tanganicodus irsacae	-	Freshwater	Least Concern (LC)	Tanzania; Burundi; Democratic Republic of the Congo