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 ...

The biological family Cichlidaea is one of the most fascinating examples of animal evolution on Earth. Convict cichlids are a widespread, well-known species within this unique group. Convict cichlids ...

It all started with the Convict cichlids. The small striped fish, native of Central America, captured Sac State Biology Professor Ron Coleman’s attention in a laboratory at the University of Toronto ...

Scientists from Institute of Science Tokyo have discovered the role of wingless-related integration site signaling pathway in regulating lip hypertrophy in cichlids of East African Great Lakes. The ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Genetic variability was examined in two endemic cichlid fishes from Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico, and in Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum from ...

Newfound evidence reveals that the upsurge of the exotic Nile perch in Lake Victoria had long-lasting effects on the genetic diversity of various local cichlid species, report scientists. Through ...