Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team has ...

The cichlids of Lake Tanganyika in Africa are highly diverse -- including with regard to sex chromosomes. These have changed extremely frequently in the course of the evolution of these fish and, ...

Evolution, Vol. 70, No. 7 (JULY 2016), pp. 1559-1568 (10 pages) Brain size is strongly associated with body size in all vertebrates. This relationship has been hypothesized to be an important ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The morphological diversity of Malawi and Tanganyika cichlids has often been qualitatively described, but rarely have hypotheses based on ...

Africa’s deepest freshwater lake holds a dizzying array of animals, including hundreds of species of cichlid fish found nowhere else in the world. They crowd the waters of Lake Tanganyika, with scales ...

Animals that have either migrated to or been introduced in Central Europe - such as the Asian bush mosquito or the Asian ladybeetle - feel extremely comfortable in their new homes due to changing ...

SPRINGFIELD –The hook for this national convention is fish: Members of The American Cichlid Association will be gathering for the first time in New England in Springfield July 30 to Aug. 2. The ...

This article originally appeared on Massive. Two cichlids, small silver fish brushed with yellow, romantically swoop and dive around each other. Just out of reach of the breeding pair, a duo of ...

Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team from the ...