The first new species was named Mylochromis rotundus after its “rounded” body and snout, the study said. Its “compressed” body can reach about 4 inches in length. It has spiky scales, “large” eyes and ...

Like livebearers, bristlenoses breed fast and are regularly offered to shops in more numbers than they sell (and they can ...

There are more than 1,3000 species of cichlids. These primarily freshwater fishes are native to tropical America ... Each group of fish was allowed to interact freely with one another, while ...

Few tropical fish stir up as much emotion as the Parrot cichlid, says Jeremy Gay. But should they be avoided? I remember the first time I saw a Parrot cichlid. It was in an advertisement in PFK in ...

The Biological Sciences professor joins “Beyond J” to discuss his love of studying fish, yearly adventures in Costa Rica, efforts to involve students in his research and his insistence that his lab be ...

Social stress is bad for your brain. It's a prime suspect in the accumulation of oxidative stress in the brain, which is ...

It suggested that the wild population has been completely decimated - likely caused by the introduction of invasive fish species such as the Mayan cichlid. Aquarists at Whipsnade were told by ...

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and ...

Leaky fish tanks require immediate attention, even if the problem is just a tiny leak coming from the aquarium’s seams or ...

The Mekong giant salmon carp, a huge fish native to Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, was at one point thought to be extinct.