In today's video, I go to a local pond here in south Florida FILLED with invasive aquarium fish, including pacu, iridescent sharks, peacock bass, and all kinds of cichlids! I ended up catching a pacu ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the state agency charged with managing invasive species, says the Mayan cichlid was first documented in the wild in Florida in 1983.

"These guys are not very big, but they’ve got quite a bit of meat on them." Fisherman reveals 'delicious' yet simple recipe ...

Oxidative stress in the brain is regulated by social status in a highly social cichlid fish. Front Behav Neurosci. 2024;18. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1477984. This article has been republished from the ...

In Lake Victoria in Africa, more than 500 species of cichlid fish have evolved to fill a wide range of ecological niches since the lake started to fill with water 17,000 years ago 2.

Florida fish deaths: You can help researchers in their investigation. The FWC says reports from the public are essential to its investigation. It asks people to report sightings of healthy, sick ...

But what we did was fish the waters at hand, in the time we had. We landed cichlids, small peacock bass, and a solid 5-pound largemouth that exploded on a Clouser Minnow.

Why these fish moms cannibalize their babies. Some African cichlid fish raise their young in their mouths—and snack on them. Now, scientists may have figured out the reason.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? East Africa’s Lake Victoria is home to over 500 species of cichlid, and ...

People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they're returned to the water.

As the young fish, known as fry, grow inside their mother's maw, she is unable to eat. And when cichlid moms get hungry enough, they sometimes eat their own offspring, scientists recently discovered.