Editing Cichlid (section)

==Aquarium fish==
{{Further|List of cichlid fish of South America}}
[[File:Discus fish.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The discus, ''[[Symphysodon]]'' spp., has been popular among aquarium enthusiasts.]]
Since 1945, cichlids have become increasingly popular as aquarium fish.<ref name=Loiselle/><ref name=baensch>{{cite book |editor-last=Riehl |editor-first=Rüdiger |author-last=Baensch |author-first=H.A. |title=Aquarium Atlas |year=1996 |edition=5th |publisher=Tetra Press |place=Germany |isbn=978-3-88244-050-8}}</ref><ref name=Keenleyside/><ref name=FKGCC>{{cite book |author=Sands, D. |year=1994 |title=A Fishkeepers Guide to Central American Cichlids |publisher=Tetra Press |place=Belgium |pages=59–60}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Mills, D. |year=1993 |title=Aquarium Fish |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=0-7322-5012-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Konings, A. |year=1997 |title=Back to Nature Guide to Malawi Cichlids |publisher=Druckhaus Beltz |place=Germany |pages=13–23}}</ref><ref name=FKGSAC>{{cite book |author=Leibel, W.S. |year=1993 |title=A Fishkeepers Guide to South American Cichlids |publisher=Tetra Press |place=Belgium |pages=12–14}}</ref>

The most common species in hobbyist aquaria is ''[[Pterophyllum scalare]]'' from the [[Amazon River]] basin in tropical South America, known in the trade as the "[[freshwater angelfish|angelfish]]". Other popular or readily available species include the [[Oscar (fish)|oscar]] (''Astronotus ocellatus''), [[convict cichlid]] (''Archocentrus nigrofasciatus'') and [[Symphysodon|discus fish]] (''Symphysodon'').<ref name="Loiselle"/>
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