This is a LONG video of me at Aquashella. My favorite thing was the 300 gallon glass aquarium that houses 600 African Cichlids from lake Tanganyika in Africa. Not only do they breed african cichlids ...

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 ...

Gene transfer inhibition in the African cichlids fish might explain the evolution of new species, a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution, has found. Martin Genner, a professor of Ecology, Population ...

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.

The rapid formation of 500 different species of fish in a single lake, each with specialized ecological roles, resulted from a small but genetically diverse hybrid population. Scientists show the ...

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 ...