Biologists have discovered that the cichlid fish can see in the near infrared range; this was thought to be unlikely until now. Seeing in the infrared range is apparently helping fish to hunt in ...

Red Fish Blue Fish, a specialized online fish retailer based in Washington State, has expanded its inventory to include tropical freshwater fish species. The company, which is focused on rare and ...

The analysis of fossils in sediment cores from Lake Victoria, Africa, reveals that a group of cichlid fish rapidly diversified as the lake got larger and provided new ecological niches, whereas the ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence of fish mating with species different from their own—a process that can lead to the creation of several new species. For a study published in the journal Nature ...

Some female fish have eyes for their man only. Colourful African cichlids have evolved into new species because females are partially blind to others. But even as that discovery is made, the species ...

Researchers have found that chunks of "flipped" DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary "superchargers." In the face of threats from other ...

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 ...

A Case Western Reserve University scientist has played the lead role in identifying an invasive species related to one already threatening other fish in the waters of the southern United States. That ...

There are concerned, overprotective parents, and then there are cichlid fish. After a male cichlid fertilizes the female’s eggs, she holds her entire brood of embryos inside her mouth for two weeks ...