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 ...

We headed to a massive fish farm with one goal. Load up the super pond with African cichlids. One giant net pull turned the water into a boiling frenzy of color. Blues, yellows, OBs, and crossbreeds ...

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 ...

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.