Nature

How adaptation in cichlids’ leads to new species

Gene transfer inhibition in the African cichlids fish might explain the evolution of new species, a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution, has found. Martin Genner, a professor of Ecology, Population ...
Sacramento State University

After 24 years of studying cichlids, Professor Ron Coleman is still learning about that fish's parenting best practices

It all started with the Convict cichlids. The small striped fish, native of Central America, captured Sac State Biology Professor Ron Coleman’s attention in a laboratory at the University of Toronto ...
insider.si.edu

A fishkeeper's guide to African cichlids / Paul V. Loiselle

"A Salamander book"--Title page verso. African cichlids differ widely in their behavior and maintenance requirements and encompass every reproductive method known to occur in the Family Cichlidae.
Sacramento State University

‘The fish will tell you everything,’ says Sac State’s Ron Coleman, who has spent decades studying their parenting habits

Inside 180 bubbling tanks in Biological Sciences Professor Ron Coleman’s lab, fish called cichlids practice complex courtship rituals, build nests and fight to protect their young. They do so under ...