Tropheops sp. 'aurora'
© photo by Patrick TawilNews
A new species of paedophagous Lake Malawi cichlid has been described — A new species of paedophagous cichlid from Lake Malawi has been described by Katrien Dierickx and Jos Snoeks of the Royal Museum for Central Africa [Tervuren]. The new species was previously known as... more
Species profile
Maskaheros argenteus (Allgayer, 1991) — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
The name pasorela, coined by Carl H. Hubbs for this species was never formalized.
Metriaclima chrysomallos Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKaye, 1997 — by Ad Konings
An attractive species resembling the iconic M. aurora but without barring on the flank.
Wonderful cichlids
Feeding in cichlids – The feeding apparatus — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
One of the reasons why cichlids are so successful in terms of the number of species and their diversification is their evolutionary plasticity; a feature that has allowed them to take advantage of most of the potentially edible organisms in the habitat they inhabit
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