Florida's exotic fish invasion includes a surprisingly robust population of African cichlids — species that originated in lakes thousands of miles away and have established themselves in South Florida ...

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 ...

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 ...