cichlids in saltwater

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do you know of any types of cichlids that can live in saltwater?

i know chromides can live in salt water but a while back I read that some other types of cichlids were breeding in a lake with a higher concentration of salt than sea water. has anyone heard of this?

could you possible acclimate tanganyikan cichlid to a salt water tank?
 
I've never heard of such a thing
 
Tilapia. They can take water with higher salinity than the ocean. Such as the Salton Sea.
 
I would agree about tilapia, but there is also an entire species under cichla that live in saltwater, I remeber reading it somwhere but I just dont remeber what the fish were.
 
It was my mis-reading and not remebering but it is in a larger classificatoin within a family of that falls in with saltwater fish that may be closely tied to cichlids withing a larger family if that makes any sense, anyways here is the link.. http://cichlidresearch.com/introducingcichlids.html

its pretty intresting.
 
Ash said:
It was my mis-reading and not remebering but it is in a larger classificatoin within a family of that falls in with saltwater fish that may be closely tied to cichlids withing a larger family if that makes any sense, anyways here is the link.. http://cichlidresearch.com/introducingcichlids.html

its pretty intresting.
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i was reading the same thing ash... i dont think that it means that they are cichlids... not sure though.
 
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