Cichlids are one of the largest and strangest groups of vertebrate fish — fish with backbones — on Earth. They’re popular as pets and farmed in aquaculture, and scientists have been studying them ...

Quebec City, Canada - An international team of scientists from Canada (Université Laval), the U.K. (University of Hull, Cardiff University) and Spain (Doòana Biological Station), have discovered that ...

African cichlid fishes represent one of the most striking examples of adaptive radiation, with hundreds of species evolving in the Great Lakes of East Africa and in neighbouring river systems.

Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team from the ...

The cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi are famously diverse. However, phylogenetic and population genetic studies of their history have been difficult because of the great amount of genetic variation that ...

The new species L. rubidorsalis is named for the brilliant red fin on the middle of its back. Credit: Credit: Michael Pauers The new species L. rubidorsalis is named for the brilliant red fin on the ...