Almost all animals have symmetrical bodies. Bilateral symmetry is almost universal in all animals and is only very rarely ...

The favoured direction of the cichlid's attack corresponds to its laterally asymmetric head shape: It prefers to attack the prey fish either from the right or from the left side, depending on the ...

The favoured direction of the cichlid's attack corresponds to its laterally asymmetric head shape: It prefers to attack the ...

How genes and behavior solve the mystery of symmetry - our report in category News in DiveInside - the fresh online magazine of Taucher.Net ...

Environment Animals Wildlife Fish One fish, two fish, 3,000 fish … Groups of cichlid fishes in East Africa radiated into thousands of species within dazzlingly short periods of time.

A female Astatotilapia burtoni, a type of freshwater cichlid fish commonly found in some parts of Africa. Cichlid mothers were recently found to regularly eat their newborn offspring to keep healthy.

Complex teeth with multiple cusps in an African cichlid fish. The cichlid fish of Africa's Great Lakes have formed new species more rapidly than any other group of vertebrates. A new study shows that ...

Scuba divers visited several spots at Lake Malawi in 2016 to search for cichlid fish, George Turner wrote in a study published Dec. 10 in the peer-reviewed Journal of Fish Biology.

In social fish like cichlids, status is everything. High-status males are territorial and colorful – they defend territories and reproduce with females. Low-status males, which are less colorful and ...

Which genetic factors can break the symmetry of an animal's body? To answer this question, a Konstanz research team led by ...