Female convict cichlid fish turned into pessimists when separated ... Once the young hatch, both parents will grab any babies that stray too far and carry them back to the nest in their mouths.

Be prepared for a long-term commitment before deciding to keep convict cichlids in your home aquarium. These fish aren't picky. They quickly adapt to local food supplies when they enter new ...

Today, Convict cichlids are among dozens of fish species that Coleman and his students research ... Some cichlid species carry their eggs and babies inside their mouths while they develop. Some lay ...

Raising babies can be exhausting—so much so that some mouthbrooding mothers snack on their young, according to a new study. A central African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni—commonly ...

It's not only cichlids that exhibit this baby-gobbling behavior. Many different types of animals engage in filial cannibalism, including numerous fish species, birds, insects, spiders and even ...

Even experts can be fooled. Shun Satoh of Osaka City University, Japan, found it hard to keep count of baby cichlid fish when he was studying cichlid reproduction in Lake Tanganyika.

"As a result, it can be said that the convict cichlid fish properly distinguish between paired females, unknown females, and rival males, and change their choices according to the situation ...