But African cichlids are famous for making the most of these two types of chompers, taking on more distinct habitats and more distinct diets than most other fish species. A surprisingly large ...

Fish can change their teeth quickly, which speeds up their evolution. Cichlids in African lakes show the fastest transformations.

The Southeastern Michigan Aquarium Society held an auction Saturday, where hobbyists spent hours bidding on colorful fish to ...

including 1,000 species of African cichlids. He used the data to reconstruct when and how often complex teeth evolved, or disappeared, in fishes. Across all fishes, complex teeth appeared 86 times ...