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Chang, Chia-Hsuan, Sayuj Poudyal, Theeraporn Pulpipat, Pei-Chi Wang, and Shih-Chu Chen. "Pathological Manifestations of Francisella orientalis in the Green Texas Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus)." Animals 11, no. 8 (August 3, 2021): 2284. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11082284.

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Francisella orientalis (Fo) is considered to be one of the major pathogens of tilapia because of the high mortalities observed during outbreaks. Other cichlids belonging to the same family (Cichlidae) as tilapia are also quite susceptible to this pathogen. On various occasions, Fo has also been isolated from other warm water fish, including three-line grunt, hybrid striped bass, French grunt, Caesar grunt, and Indo-Pacific reef fish. However, only a few studies have reported the pathogenicity of Francisella orientalis in ornamental cichlid fish. This study fulfills Koch’s postulates by showing that a strain of Fo obtained from green Texas cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) was able to produce the same pathogenicity in healthy fish. A mortality of 100% was observed after healthy green Texas cichlid were experimentally injected with Fo at a dose of 8.95 × 105 CFU/fish. DNA extracted from the organs of predilection (spleen, head kidney) gave positive results by PCR for all fish that died during the experimental period. Spleen and head kidney presented with multifocal white nodules in the affected fish, corresponding to typical vacuolated granulomas on histopathological examination of the tissues. Based on the results of this study, it is evident that Fo can indeed infect green Texas cichlid and produce a disease typical of francisellosis.

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Chellappa, S., M. R. Câmara, N. T. Chellappa, M. C. M. Beveridge, and F. A. Huntingford. "Reproductive ecology of a neotropical cichlid fish, Cichla monoculus (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae)." Brazilian Journal of Biology 63, no. 1 (February 2003): 17–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842003000100004.

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The reproductive ecology of the freshwater fish Cichla monoculus Spix, 1831 (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) was investigated in the Campo Grande Reservoir, Northeast Brazil. Rainfall, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and electrical conductivity of the water were recorded monthly. Fish collected on a monthly basis were measured, weighed, dissected, sexed and the stage of maturation of the gonads were assessed by macro and microscopic means. The semi-arid study region has short spells of rain of 2-3 months duration interspersed with dry seasons. A positive correlation was observed between rainfall and air and water temperatures and conductivity of the water. The study population had an extended spawning season, with peak reproductive activity coinciding with low water temperatures. Males were longer and heavier than females on average and were larger at onset of sexual maturity. The size frequency distributions of the oocytes indicate that C. monoculus is a multiple spawner with an estimated batch fecundity of 3100. Condition factor showed an inverse relationship in relation to gonad size during maturation in both sexes and spent fish were in poor condition. In mature males, lipid stores in the post-occipital cephalic protuberance, a secondary sexual characteristic developed during the reproductive phase, which depleted in spent individuals. The success of this fish is attributed to its reproductive capacity and to the phenotypic plasticity that allows it to adapt to the harsh ecological conditions that prevail in the semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil.

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Harris, Andrew S., and Jonathan M. Wright. "Nucleotide sequence and genomic organization of cichlid fish minisatellites." Genome 38, no. 1 (February 1, 1995): 177–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/g95-022.

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We have cloned, sequenced, and determined the genomic organization of minisatellites from the African cichlid fish, Oroechromis niloticus. We estimate that minisatellites related in sequence to the Jeffreys' core probes 33.6 and 33.15 occur approximately every 1000 kilobase pairs in the cichlid fish genome. Sequencing of three minisatellites revealed that the size of the monomer units of the tandem arrays ranged from 7 to 24 base pairs (bp). One minisatellite appeared to contain a higher ordered periodicity of 90–120 bp superimposed on the apparent 15 bp monomer repeat, indicating a particularly large unit of homogenization for a minisatellite array. Sequence heterogeneity of repeat units within tandem arrays varied considerably from one minisatellite to another. Hybridization of cloned minisatellites to genomic DNA of cichlid fishes generated, in most instances, multilocus fingerprint patterns, indicating that families of minisatellites related by sequence exist in the cichlid genome. Two minisatellite clones, however, generated polymorphic single locus fingerprints, suggesting that these loci are conserved in closely related African cichlids. The cross hybridization of these cichlid minisatellites within and between related taxa, as well as to unrelated fish species such as Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), complement the human minisatellite sequences for the study of genetic relationships among individuals from a wide range of fish species.Key words: variable number of tandem repeats, VNTR, tilapia, evolution, DNA fingerprinting.

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Takahashi, Tetsumi, and Stephan Koblmüller. "The Adaptive Radiation of Cichlid Fish in Lake Tanganyika: A Morphological Perspective." International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2011 (May 10, 2011): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/620754.

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Lake Tanganyika is the oldest of the Great Ancient Lakes in the East Africa. This lake harbours about 250 species of cichlid fish, which are highly diverse in terms of morphology, behaviour, and ecology. Lake Tanganyika's cichlid diversity has evolved through explosive speciation and is treated as a textbook example of adaptive radiation, the rapid differentiation of a single ancestor into an array of species that differ in traits used to exploit their environments and resources. To elucidate the processes and mechanisms underlying the rapid speciation and adaptive radiation of Lake Tanganyika's cichlid species assemblage it is important to integrate evidence from several lines of research. Great efforts have been, are, and certainly will be taken to solve the mystery of how so many cichlid species evolved in so little time. In the present review, we summarize morphological studies that relate to the adaptive radiation of Lake Tanganyika's cichlids and highlight their importance for understanding the process of adaptive radiation.

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OHEE, HENDERITE L., PUGUH SUJARTA, SURIANI BR SURBAKTI, and HOLLY BARCLAY. "Rapid expansion and biodiversity impacts of the red devil cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus, Günther 1864) in Lake Sentani, Papua, Indonesia." Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity 19, no. 6 (October 9, 2018): 2096–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d190615.

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Ohee HL, Sujarta P, Br Surbakti S, Barclay H. 2018. Rapid expansion and biodiversity impacts of the red devil cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus, Günther 1864) in Lake Sentani, Papua, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 2096-2103. The red devil cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus, Günther 1864) is one of ten exotic fish species inhabiting Lake Sentani. It is believed to be one of the most important threats to the native fish of Lake Sentani. This study aimed to document the distribution of red devil cichlids and the impacts of this species on native fish fauna. Fish were sampled in six locations in Lake Sentani using gill nets during February and March 2018. Fish species and abundance were recorded and used to calculate the relative abundance, dominance, species evenness, Shannon Wiener Index (H’) and the correlation between introduced and native fish species. A total of 836 fish belonging to 12 species were recorded across Lake Sentani. Mean fish diversity (H’=0.57) and evenness (E= 0.25) were low. The red devil cichlid is the most abundant fish recorded during our surveys (87.2% of total fish collected) and is now the most dominant fish in the lake (C=0.76). Moreover, it has colonized all areas sampled within the lake because of its ability to colonize new habitat and to successfully exploit a large diversity of trophic niches. However, Amphilophus labiatus was not found to be significantly correlated to native fish between different sites in Lake Sentani. The existence of endemic and native fish in Lake Sentani is now seriously threatened by the presence of the red devil cichlid throughout this lake.

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Svardal, Hannes, Fu Xiang Quah, Milan Malinsky, Benjamin P. Ngatunga, Eric A. Miska, Walter Salzburger, Martin J. Genner, George F. Turner, and Richard Durbin. "Ancestral Hybridization Facilitated Species Diversification in the Lake Malawi Cichlid Fish Adaptive Radiation." Molecular Biology and Evolution 37, no. 4 (December 14, 2019): 1100–1113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz294.

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Abstract The adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes in East African Lake Malawi encompasses over 500 species that are believed to have evolved within the last 800,000 years from a common founder population. It has been proposed that hybridization between ancestral lineages can provide the genetic raw material to fuel such exceptionally high diversification rates, and evidence for this has recently been presented for the Lake Victoria region cichlid superflock. Here, we report that Lake Malawi cichlid genomes also show evidence of hybridization between two lineages that split 3–4 Ma, today represented by Lake Victoria cichlids and the riverine Astatotilapia sp. “ruaha blue.” The two ancestries in Malawi cichlid genomes are present in large blocks of several kilobases, but there is little variation in this pattern between Malawi cichlid species, suggesting that the large-scale mosaic structure of the genomes was largely established prior to the radiation. Nevertheless, tens of thousands of polymorphic variants apparently derived from the hybridization are interspersed in the genomes. These loci show a striking excess of differentiation across ecological subgroups in the Lake Malawi cichlid assemblage, and parental alleles sort differentially into benthic and pelagic Malawi cichlid lineages, consistent with strong differential selection on these loci during species divergence. Furthermore, these loci are enriched for genes involved in immune response and vision, including opsin genes previously identified as important for speciation. Our results reinforce the role of ancestral hybridization in explosive diversification by demonstrating its significance in one of the largest recent vertebrate adaptive radiations.

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Daneshvar, Ehsan, Mahsa Y. Ardestani, Salar Dorafshan, and Mauricio L. Martins. "Hematological parameters of Iranian cichlid Iranocichla hormuzensis: Coad, 1982 (Perciformes) in Mehran River." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 84, no. 4 (August 30, 2012): 943–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0001-37652012005000054.

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This study describes the hematological parameters in Iranocichla hormuzensis, an Iranian freshwater cichlid important as ornamental and food fish. Forty fish were captured with seine net at Mehran river Hormozgan province, Iran. Blood was used to determine the total counts of red blood cells (RBC) and white blood cells (WBC), hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and morphometric data of erythrocytes. The Iranian fish showed lower RBC and WBC values than the other cichlids (Oreochromis niloticus, O. aureus, O. mossambicus, O. hybrid, Cichlasoma dimerus and Cichla monoculus). Hematocrit did not vary among the species, but MCV, MCH and MCHC in I. hormuzensis were higher than those for O. niloticus, O. aureus, O. hybrid, C. dimerus and C. monoculus. These differences may be related to different life habit of fish. This study suggests that I. hormuzensis is well acclimated to the environment being the first report for its hematology. It is also suggested high efficiency in oxygen transportation, and an efficient inflow of oxygen by the gills, indicating the welfare of fish on this environment.

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Victor, Reginald, and Jacob Odenkey Tetteh. "Fish communities of a perturbed stream in Southern Nigeria." Journal of Tropical Ecology 4, no. 1 (February 1988): 49–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467400002492.

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ABSTRACTFish communities of a fourth order stream impounded by a weir were studied in Southern Nigeria. Fifty-eight species were recorded of which 90% occurred upstream while reservoir and downstream accounted for 48% and 43% respectively. The distribution of some fish families indicated the effects of habitat alterations caused by reservoir and downstream conditions. The fauna upstream was different from that of reservoir and downstream. Relative abundance of non-cichlids common to reservoir and downstream showed 42% similarity. The longitudinal distribution of three non-cichlid populations was different in reservoir and downstream. Non-cichlid species richness was almost similar in reservoir and downstream, but its general diversity and evenness were higher in reservoir than its downstream. Fish community changes in this stream are discussed.

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Snellgrove, Donna L., and Lucille G. Alexander. "Haematology and plasma chemistry of the red top ice blue mbuna cichlid (Metriaclima greshakei)." British Journal of Nutrition 106, S1 (October 12, 2011): S154—S157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007114511002108.

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Clinical haematology and blood plasma chemistry can be used as a valuable tool to provide substantial diagnostic information for fish. A wide range of parameters can be used to assess nutritional status, digestive function, disease identification, routine metabolic levels, general physiological status and even the assessment and management of wild fish populations. However to evaluate such data accurately, baseline reference intervals for each measurable parameter must be established for the species of fish in question. Baseline data for ornamental fish species are limited, as research is more commonly conducted using commercially cultured fish. Blood samples were collected from sixteen red top ice blue cichlids (Metriaclima greshakei), an ornamental freshwater fish, to describe a range of haematology and plasma chemistry parameters. Since this cichlid is fairly large in comparison with most tropical ornamental fish, two independent blood samples were taken to assess a large range of parameters. No significant differences were noted between sample periods for any parameter. Values obtained for a large number of parameters were similar to those established for other closely related fish species such as tilapia (Oreochromis spp.). In addition to reporting the first set of blood values for M. Greshakei, to our knowledge, this study highlights the possibility of using previously established data for cultured cichlid species in studies with ornamental cichlid fish.

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Scaia, María Florencia, Luciano Cavallino, and Matías Pandolfi. "Social control of spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis in cichlid fish: a comparative approach." Reproduction 159, no. 1 (January 2020): R31—R43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep-18-0650.

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Social animals with hierarchical dominance systems are susceptible to changes their environment. Interactions with conspecifics can greatly affect individual’s behavior and reproductive success. This review will show how social behavior modulates gonadal steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis in African and Neotropical cichlid fish with different social systems and how this modulation regulates reproductive capacity. Social behavior and aggressiveness are strongly linked to sex steroids, glucocorticoids and neuropeptides. The challenge hypothesis suggests that behavioral interactions increase androgen levels in response to social instability, but there is little evidence regarding estradiol levels. It has been recently demonstrated that in male Cichlasoma dimerus, a Neotropical cichlid fish, the challenge hypothesis could also be extended to estrogens. In C. dimerus, dominant males have higher gonadosomatic index than subordinated; the percentage of spermatocytes and spermatids is higher in subordinates, while dominants show a greater percentage of spermatozoa. In other species of African cichlids, socially suppressed subordinate males are not reproductively incompetent maintaining some activity at every level of their reproductive axis. Axis reactivation upon social ascent is similar to the initiation of puberty in mammals, as well as the reoccurrence of puberty observed in seasonally breeding animals. In conclusion, social behavior and reproductive strategies in females cichlids are still understudied, and Neotropical cichlids still constitute a group that deserves more attention, considering cichlids’ diversity in mating systems, reproductive behavior and parental care. This review highlights the importance of performing further studies and additional research in these two areas, which still remain to be addressed.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Cichlid fish"

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Allender, Charlotte Jane. "Molecular markers and the speciation of African cichlid fish." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394101.

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Tyers, Alexandra Morton. "Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish." Thesis, Bangor University, 2013. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/divergence-and-speciation-of-east-african-haplochromine-cichlid-fish(35db9b7b-0775-4cd5-94f3-556a6f3cacd6).html.

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In the Great Lakes of the East African Rift Valley, cichlid fishes have diversified into hundreds of species with great variety of ecomorphological, secondary sexual and behavioural characteristics. A strong role for sexual selection in their speciation is indicated by the presence of many closely related ecologically similar sympatric species which differ in male secondary sexual characteristics. A review of previous research finds that reproductive isolation by direct mate choice may be a common isolating barrier among sympatric species. Observations of partial assortative mating among divergent geographic populations have lead to theories of intralacustrine allopatric speciation of habitat specialists by divergence of signal traits involved in conspecific recognition. Here I demonstrate that signal and preference divergence among populations is not limited to patchily distributed lacustrine endemics, but can also occur in the widely distributed riverine generalist lineage that is phylogenetically basal to the large lacustrine radiations, suggesting a role for divergence of secondary sexual traits in allopatry throughout adaptive radiation. This thesis also adds to the evidence for ecological divergence and peripatric speciation of lacustrine habitat specialists in the absence of significant colour differentiation. In simulated intruder choice tests, males tend to bias aggression towards males of their own species or populations, which may aid in the co-existence of allopatrically diverged populations under secondary sympatry and help to facilitate speciation, or even drive divergence of male traits that are involved in signalling during both courtship and territorial interactions. Results from preliminary investigations into individual variation in mate preference suggest that partial assortative mating among allopatric populations may be due to variation within, rather than among, individuals in their choice of mate. Within-individual variation may be unlikely to cause divergence, but has the potential to aid in colonisation of new areas by a relaxation of directional selection allowing for divergence of male traits by environmental or other social selection pressures. To draw any firm conclusions about the impact of variation in mate choice on speciation, much more data from a wider variety of lineages is needed. Mate choice experiments, carried out as part of a larger ongoing project into sympatric divergence of haplochromine cichlids in isolated crater lakes, found little consistency of female mate choice despite morphological and genetic differentiation of forms. This indicates that, in contrast to previously tested sympatric species of cichHds, at the beginnings of adaptive radiation variety may not be maintained solely through reproductive isolation by direct mate choice. Observations of interactions among animals may frequently reveal unexpected results with regards to what is and is not a species - for example, strong assortative mating among phenotypically similar allopatric populations and that assortative mating alone may not maintain diversity in sympatric populations. Behavioural experiments can complement more modern genetic and genomic techniques and therefore continue to be a valuable tool in the study of speciation and the mechanisms involved in divergence and the maintenance of diversity.

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Ford, A. G. P. "Evolutionary relationships of East African soda lake cichlid fish." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2015. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1471875/.

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This thesis examines the evolutionary relationships of the Alcolapia soda lake cichlid fishes of East Africa. The introduction presents background on the soda lakes in which the cichlids are found, the taxonomy and biology of the fishes, as well as the theoretical background to the study. Chapter two discusses the methods used in the thesis, addressing the benefits and limitations of each, as well as their suitability to the study in hand. Chapter three investigates the phylogenetics and phylogeography of soda lake cichlids sampled at several populations around the soda lakes and a single transplanted population outside of the focal lakes, employing a large genomic dataset generated through restriction site associated DNA (RAD) sequencing, and demonstrates low levels of interspecific genomic differentiation with high levels of ongoing gene flow. Chapter four uses the RAD dataset to test for signals of selection between Alcolapia species, employing genome-wide scans and outlier detection to characterise peaks of genomic divergence between species. Chapter five combines morphological (geometric morphometrics) and ecological (stable isotope, stomach contents) data with the RAD dataset from chapter three to consider biologically relevant diversification between Alcolapia species, testing for convergence and niche adaptation. Chapter six examines the ecomorphology of the soda lake fishes at an intraspecific level, testing for effects of geography and environment on morphological differentiation between populations. Finally, chapter seven draws together the conclusions inferred from the thesis, and discusses possible future directions for research in this system.

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Morley, Josephine Isabelle. "Intraspecific competition and monogamy in the cichlid fish, Eretmodus cyanostictus." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621721.

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Cooke, Gavan M. "The behavioural ecology of aggression in Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlid fish." Thesis, Bangor University, 2012. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-behavioural-ecology-of-aggression-in-lake-malawi-haplochromine-cichlid-fish(8a0e6fe2-15b6-42f5-9324-7749b44f3dad).html.

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Aggression is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom and a major field of investigation within the area of behavioural ecology. The haplochromine cichlid fish have been used extensively in studies relating not only to the behavioural ecology of aggression but also with respect to how aggression may play a role in the spectacular diversity found within the African Great Lakes. In the first half of this thesis, I investigate the nature of aggression within the rock dwelling fish of Lake Malawi. Aggression biases within polymorphic populations are initially investigated with field work determining the consequences of rare morph advantage. This is followed by experiments determining which cues males and females may use; lastly a pair of recently diverged allopatric species is studied to determine what may happen should secondary contact occur. The second half of this thesis focuses on the behaviorual ecology of female aggression. Females exhibiting the ancestral condition of post brood care are compared to a species with the more derived condition of no post release care. Non-maternal aggression is investigated with comparisons of the type of behavior used by males and females. When and why females are aggressive is also investigated. The results of this thesis suggest that overall a common morph bias may exist in some populations and the consequences are manifested in a rare morph advantage. Colour is important in aggression biases but potentially not limited to the dorsal region. Females and males use different kinds of aggressive behaviors and brooding females are able to vary levels of aggression towards different types of threat.

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Lee, Terence. "Female ornamentation and intrasexual competition if the convict cichlid fish (Archocentrus Nigrofasciatus)." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1486384711&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Booton, Gregory Charles Bonner. "Molecular genetic analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lake Victoria Cichlid fish /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487861796817821.

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Fan, Shaohua [Verfasser]. "Genome evolution and speciation : insights from cichlid, coelacanth, and Xiphophorus fish / Shaohua Fan." Konstanz : Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz, 2014. http://d-nb.info/108096293X/34.

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Dijkstra, Peter Douwe. "Know thine enemy: intrasexual selection and sympatric speciation in Lake Victoria cichlid fish." [S.l. : [Groningen : s.n.] ; University Library Groningen] [Host], 2006. http://irs.ub.rug.nl/ppn/298119005.

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Parsons, Paul John. "Ecological constraints on evolution : a case study with Lake Malawi's 'prototype' cichlid fish." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.685151.

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Understanding how the environment drives the pattern of adaptive radiation may be key to understanding tl1e role of ecology in evolution. The Lake Malawi Haplochomine cichlid fish radiation was seeded by riverine ancestors, yet extant riverine diversity is extremely low. Only Astatotilapia calliptera the putative ancestor of flock currently persists in both the lake and the rivers of the catchment. This presents us with a useful model for assessing tl1e role of environment in driving diversification within a single species. We predict that the contrast in disturbance regime may drive the difference in speciation rate between the two habitats. In tlus thesis, population genetic analysis, functional morphometries, and common garden experiments are used to investigate the level of variation between disturbed river populations and comparatively stable lake populations. The genetic analysis indicates minimal population structuring between Lake Malawi populations compared to within or between river systems. Morphometric data suggests that lake populations are locally diversifying despite this limited isolation. River morphologies are similar despite reduced mixing. Dietary analysis shows that differences in morphology are functional, with the key axis of variation ranging from hard-bodied animals to smaller non-animal resources. Common garden experiments show a clear trade-off between egg-size and number. The majority of sites including all river sites adopt a more conservative strategy focussing on high offspring number. One lake population adopts a high investment strategy. A comparison between lab reared morphology and wild caught morphologies shows that the majority of variation maintained in the wild is through plastic mechanisms. These results suggest that the unpredictability of the riverine environment constrains populations to bet-hedging strategies whilst the highly competitive nature of the lake promotes specialisation. This selection for specialisation could in turn lead to speciation, and may partly explain why speciation within Lake Malawi has been so spectacular

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Books on the topic "Cichlid fish"

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Dwarf cichlids. 2nd ed. Neptune City, N.J: T.F.H. Publications, 1988.

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V, Loiselle Paul, Leibel Wayne S. 1950-, and Tetra Press, eds. Tetra's popular guide to tropical cichlids. Blacksburg, VA: Tetra Press, 1994.

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Kullander, Sven O. The cichlids of Surinam: Teleostei, Labroidei. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1989.

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Scheurmann, Ines. Aquarium fish breeding: Breeding instructions for cichlids, characins, catfish, and other popular fish. New York: Barron's, 1990.

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Scheurmann, Ines. Aquarium fish breeding: Breeding instructions for cichlids, characins, catfish, and other popular fish. New York: Barron's, 1990.

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Untergasser, Dieter. Discus health: Selection, care, diet, diseases & treatments for discus, angelfish, and other cichlids. Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1991.

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Watanabe, Wade O. Salinity tolerance of the tilapias Oreochromis aureus, O. niloticus and an O. mossambicus X O. niloticus hybrid. Taipei, Taiwan: Council for Agricultural Planning and Development, 1985.

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Oconner, David. Cichlid Fish: The Fascinationg World of Cichlid Care. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012.

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Keenleyside, M. H. Cichlid Fishes: Behaviour, ecology and evolution (Fish & Fisheries Series). Springer, 1991.

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Smith, Lawrence E. 15 Essential Cichlid Fish Facts That You May Have Never Known: Fishlaw1 Must Read Essential Cichlid Facts. Skip's Aquarium Maintenance Services LLC, 2017.

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Book chapters on the topic "Cichlid fish"

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Arthington, A. H. "Introduced Cichlid Fish in Australian Inland Waters." In Limnology in Australia, 239–48. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4820-4_14.

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Félix, Ana S., and Rui F. Oliveira. "Integrative Neurobiology of Social Behavior in Cichlid Fish." In The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes, 637–81. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2080-7_17.

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Yuma, Masahide, Tetsuya Narita, Michio Hori, and Takaki Kondo. "Food resources of shrimp-eating cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika." In Fish biology in Japan: an anthology in honour of Hiroya Kawanabe, 371–78. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9016-7_31.

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Natugonza, Vianny, Laban Musinguzi, Mary A. Kishe, Jacco C. van Rijssel, Ole Seehausen, and Richard Ogutu-Ohwayo. "The Consequences of Anthropogenic Stressors on Cichlid Fish Communities: Revisiting Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, and Nabugabo." In The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes, 217–46. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2080-7_7.

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Sturmbauer, Christian, Corinna Fuchs, Georg Harb, Elisabeth Damm, Nina Duftner, Michaela Maderbacher, Martin Koch, and Stephan Koblmüller. "Abundance, distribution, and territory areas of rock-dwelling Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish species." In Patterns and Processes of Speciation in Ancient Lakes, 57–68. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9582-5_5.

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Lande, Russell, Ole Seehausen, and Jacques J. M. van Alphen. "Mechanisms of rapid sympatric speciation by sex reversal and sexual selection in cichlid fish." In Microevolution Rate, Pattern, Process, 435–43. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0585-2_26.

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de Crapona, M. D. Caprona, H. Münz, B. Fritzsch, and B. Claas. "Structure and Development of the LHRH-Immunoreactive Nucleus Olfacto-Retinalis in the Cichlid Fish Brain." In Ontogeny of Olfaction, 211–23. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71576-1_16.

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Wilm, Claudia. "Ipsilateral Projections during Development and Regeneration of the Optic Nerve of the Cichlid Fish Haplochromis Burtoni." In The Changing Visual System, 357–59. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3390-0_27.

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Sturmbauer, Christian, Christoph Hahn, Stephan Koblmüller, Lisbeth Postl, Danny Sinyinza, and Kristina M. Sefc. "Variation of territory size and defense behavior in breeding pairs of the endemic Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish Variabilichromis moorii." In Patterns and Processes of Speciation in Ancient Lakes, 49–56. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9582-5_4.

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Kohda, Masanori. "Coexistence of permanently territorial cichlids of the genus Petrochromis through male-mating attack." In Fish biology in Japan: an anthology in honour of Hiroya Kawanabe, 231–42. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9016-7_17.

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Conference papers on the topic "Cichlid fish"

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Maina, John, Geraldine Kavembe, Michael Papah, Atli Mashiteng, Christopher Wood, Adalto Bianchini, Lucas Bianchini, et al. "Sex ratios and condition factors of the fragmented populations of the Lake Magadi cichlid fish, Alcolapia grahami: A fish living on edge." In Annual International Conference on Advances in Veterinary Science Research (VETSCI 2016). Global Science & Technology Forum (GSTF), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5176/2382-5685_vetsci16.9.

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