Within this family, African cichlids represent the most diverse branch of the tree. They’re all found in the Crenicichla genus. They’re mostly found in three freshwater lakes: Lake Malawi ...

Scientists are diving into the question Ben Crair Lake Malawi formed in a valley where the African tectonic plate is the process of splitting in two. Getty Images I first learned about cichlids ...

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. The lake is ...

The property is home to many hundreds of cichlid fish, nearly all of which are endemic to Lake Malawi, and are known locally as "mbuna". The mbuna fishes display a significant example of biological ...

Malawi lake is home to hundreds of endemic species of cichlids, a family of colorful, rock-dwelling fish. Image by Greg Hume via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). The uproar began in July 2021 ...

Chin was involved in a reintroduction effort for a cichlid species in Lake Malawi in 2019, but she says logistical obstacles have meant that no one has returned to see if the population survived.