Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flower Horn Cichlids are hybrid fish with a distinctive bulbous forehead, popular among hobbyists. They are semi-aggressive, ...

In certain Lake Tanganyika cichlids breeding in empty snail shells, there are two extreme sizes of males: giants and dwarfs. Researchers have analyzed the genomes of these fish and found out how the ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- In African cichlid fish society, only the dominant male reproduces. But Stanford researchers have found that if the dominant male disappears, a subordinate cichlid can rise to the ...

Male cichlids that are constantly threatened by predators grow faster and postpone the full expression of conspicuous breeding coloration for longer. This is shown by a study by biologists from the ...

Escaped flowerhorn cichlids are causing concern for native species and about parasites capable of infecting humans ...

THERE are quite a number of African mouth-breeding cichlids (Haplochromis and related genera) the males of which bear very conspicuously yellow or orange spots near the base of the anal fin. The ...

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Difference in body size (or sexual dimorphism) between males and females is common across the animal kingdom. One of the most extreme examples of sexual dimorphism is found in the cichlid fish species ...