The convict cichlid has a wider range than most cichlid species. Their natural habitat includes waterways along both coasts of Central America — from Guatemala to Honduras and El Salvador.

Lifestyle and Habitat of the Blood Parrot Cichlid. Feeding your Blood Parrot Cichlid. The Blood Parrot Cichlid is an omnivore and feasts on a variety of foods, including flakes, frozen pellets ...

Water conditions should mirror their native habitat, with a temperature range of 75 to 79°F, which is the perfect range for cichlids as well. 7. Synodontis Catfish ( Synodontis petricola ) ...

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 ...

Cichlid fishes from African Lake Tanganyika shed light on how organismal diversity arises ... These measurements allow to determine in what habitat the fishes lived and what food resources they used.

Theoretically, competition can initiate divergence in habitat use between individuals of a species, leading to restricted gene flow and eventual speciation. Evidence that sister species differ in ...

Cichlid fish: How does the swim bladder affect hearing ... She will continue to investigate the importance of the habitat noise on the development of hearing and if swim bladder specializations ...

The poster child for evolution may have finally revealed its secret. More than 1000 closely related but different species of cichlid fish live in Lake Malawi in south-east Africa – more than in ...

The cichlids of Africa’s Lake Tanganyika exhibit extraordinary diversity in terms of shape, diet, habitat and coloration. This allows them to inhabit various ecological niches and therefore to engage ...