Repeated ecomorphological divergence in Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) body shape

Morphological characteristics of Parsi cichlid Iranocichla persa (Teleostei; Cichlidae)

To provide more morphological data of I. persa, in this study, morphological characteristics along with scales and otolith were studied. Fish samples were collected from Khorgo spring and transferred to the laboratory. Fish were classified into three class sizes based on standard length. Based on the results, the size of the first class was different in 12 relative traits but did not show a sig...

Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae)

Family level molecular phylogenetic analyses of cichlid fishes have generally suffered from a limited number of characters and ⁄or poor taxonomic sampling across one or more major geographic assemblage, and therefore have not provided a robust test of early intrafamilial diversification. Herein we use both nuclear and mitochondrial nucleotide characters and direct optimization to reconstruct a ...

The Behavior and Ecology of Herotilapia multispinosa (Teleostei, Cichlidae)

Phenotypic plasticity: its role in trophic radiation and explosive speciation in cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

Phenotypic plasticity is the capacity of an organism’s phenotype to vary in different environments. Although diet-induced phenotypic plasticity has been documented in New World cichlids, it has been hypothesised that this type of plasticity would be limited in certain Old World cichlids, because of the morphological constraints on the jaw imposed by mouth-brooding. This hypothesis was experimen...

Egg Size Determines Offspring Size in Neotropical Cichlid Fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

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