Sentences with phrase «most cichlid»

They will also know that the best catfish for most cichlid tanks are members of the genus Synodontis.

After a little coaxing a wide variety of fish will take food by hand, including most cichlids, all Botia loaches, South American knifefish, mormyrids, arowanas, monos, scats, dats and many catfish.

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The cichlid, a small fish, has one of the most incredible visual systems known — which allows it to adapt to differently colored environments.

Most species of cichlid live in three lakes in Africa's Great Rift Valley.

But cichlids are profoundly fascinating for biologists - they have achieved the most rapid and extensive diversity known to science.

Cichlids have some of the most incredible visual systems known.

Unfortunately, fossil specimens that could help to trace earlier phases of cichlid evolution are quite rare, and most are poorly preserved and / or fragmentary.

Indeed, our analysis shows it to be a member of the most ancient cichlid lineage that contributed to the so - called East African Radiation, a spectacular burst of diversification that has given rise to a huge variety of species,» Reichenbacher explains.

Lamprologus is a cichlid, one of the most diverse animal groups in existence, despite being mostly confined to three large lakes in Africa.

Meanwhile, most Central and South American cichlids are omnivorous.

Cichlids are one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish.