Bibliography for CICHLIDAE

• Agassiz, J.L.R. in Spix, J.B. von & Agassiz, J.L.R. 1831. Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I… colleget et pingendso curavit Dr J. B. de Spix…. Monachii. Selecta Piscium Brasiliam. Part 1. 1-82 pls 1-48
• Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls.
• Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp.
• Arthington, A.H., Milton, D.A. & McKay, R.J. 1983. Effects of urban development and habitat alterations on the distribution and abundance of native and exotic freshwater fish in the Brisbane region, Queensland. Australian Journal of Ecology 8(2): 87-101
• Boulenger, G.A. 1899. A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 98-143
• Brind, W. L. 1918. A new subspecies of Thorichthys helleri. Aquatic Life 3: 119-120
• Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs.
• Eigenmann, C.H. & Bray, W.L. 1894. A revision of the American Cichlidae. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 7(4): 607-624
• Gervais, F.L.P. 1848. Sur les animaux vertébrés de l'Algérie, envisagés sous le double rapport de la géographie zoologique et de la domestication. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 3 10: 202-208
• Gill, T.N. 1858. Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad, W. I. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 6(10–13): 363-430
• Gill, T.N. 1862. On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 14: 134-139
• Greenwood, P.H. 1975. A History of Fishes. London : Ernest Benn Ltd 467 pp.
• Günther, A. 1860. Second list of cold-blooded vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in the Andes of western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859(3): 402-420.
• Günther, A. 1864. Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864(1): 144-154
• Günther, A. 1867. On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(3): 600-604
• Günther, A. 1894. Descriptions of the reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode-Hore on Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893(4): 628-632
• Günther, A.E. 1889. On some fishes from Kilima-Njaro District. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889(1): 70-72
• Heckel, J.J. 1840. Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 2: 325-471
• Hubbs, C.L. 1935. Fresh-water fishes collected in British Honduras and Guatemala. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 28: 1-22
• McKay, R.J. 1984. Introductions of exotic fishes in Australia. pp. 177-199 in Courtnay, W.R. Jr & Staffer, J.R. Jr (eds). Distribution, Biology and Management of Exotic Fishes. Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press.
• Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs.
• Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.
• Peters, W.C.H. 1852. Diagnosen von neue Flussfischen aus Mossambique. Bericht der Königlisch Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852: 275-276, 681-685
• Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Chapter 8. Poissons. 183-328 pls 43-65 in Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris : Pillet Aîné Vol. 1 712 pp. 96 pls.
• Regan, C.T. 1903. Descriptions de poissons nouveaux faisant partie de la collection du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 11: 413-418
• Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/.
• Smith, A. 1840. [1838–1847] Pisces. In, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835 and 1836. London : Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. 4 83 pp., 31 pls.
• Steindachner, F. 1864. Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (VII.). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 14: 223-232
• Stiassny, M.L.J. 1981. The phyletic status of the family Cichlidae (Pisces, Perciformes): a comparative anatomical investigation. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 31(2): 275-314
• Swainson, W. 1839. The Natural History of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles, or Monocardian Animals. London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, and John Taylor Vol. 2 452 pp. 135 figs.
• Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997. Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases. CSIRO Marine Laboratories Report 224. 15 pp. + appendices

Return to CICHLIDAE profile page.