Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
Axes of divergence in cichlid fishes. A selection of phenotypic traits and their variation in cichlid fishes. For example, highly diverse traits include trophic adaptations such as head shape (including the evolution of hypertrophied lips in crevice-feeding insect eaters) and teeth and jaw variation. Moreover, cichlids exhibit great variation in body shapes and fin morphology and variation in color patterns (including egg-spots) and behaviors, such as mating rituals and social behaviors
