Order Cichliformes (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Cichliformes

Parent taxon: Cichlomorphae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxon: Pholidichthyiformes

Subtaxa: Cichlidae

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (5 collections), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (7), Tanzania (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Uganda (1)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (4), Tanzania (2), Uganda (2), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Tanzania (1), Uganda (8)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), Italy (2), Kenya (5), Peru (5), Uganda (2)

• Oligocene of Kenya (1), Oman (1), Peru (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Libya (1), Namibia (1), United States (2: Washington, Wyoming)

Total: 67 collections including 69 occurrences

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