Glossary
adaptive radiation
Speciation of a taxonomic group into several forms, each specialised to fill a previously vacant ecological niche, as exemplified by Rift Lake cichlids, for example.
Used in 60 species profiles
- Acarichthys heckelii
- Altolamprologus compressiceps
- Apistogramma agassizii
- Apistogramma alacrina
- Apistogramma baenschi
- Apistogramma barlowi
- Apistogramma bitaeniata
- Apistogramma borellii
- Apistogramma cacatuoides
- Apistogramma elizabethae
- Apistogramma eremnopyge
- Apistogramma eunotus
- Apistogramma hoignei
- Apistogramma hongsloi
- Apistogramma macmasteri
- Apistogramma mendezi
- Apistogramma nijsseni
- Apistogramma norberti
- Apistogramma panduro
- Apistogramma paulmuelleri
- Apistogramma sp. 'breitbinden'
- Apistogramma sp. 'Kelleri'
- Apistogramma steindachneri
- Apistogramma trifasciata
- Apistogramma viejita
- Biotodoma cupido
- Biotodoma wavrini
- Biotoecus opercularis
- Boulengerochromis microlepis
- Chalinochromis sp. 'ndobhoi'
- Geophagus abalios
- Geophagus altifrons
- Geophagus argyrostictus
- Geophagus brachybranchus
- 'Geophagus' brasiliensis
- Geophagus brokopondo
- Geophagus camopiensis
- 'Geophagus' crassilabris
- Geophagus dicrozoster
- 'Geophagus' iporangensis
- Geophagus megasema
- Geophagus neambi
- Geophagus parnaibae
- 'Geophagus' pellegrini
- Geophagus proximus
- Geophagus sp. 'orange head'
- Geophagus sp. 'Pindaré'
- 'Geophagus' steindachneri
- Geophagus taeniopareius
- Geophagus winemilleri
- Mikrogeophagus altispinosus
- Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
- Satanoperca acuticeps
- Satanoperca daemon
- Satanoperca jurupari
- Satanoperca leucosticta
- Satanoperca lilith
- Satanoperca mapiritensis
- Satanoperca pappaterra
- Satanoperca rhynchitis