To understand this process, biologists often turn to the cichlids of Lake Victoria, in which over 500 species of the fish have evolved over the past 14,600 years.

East Africa’s Lake Victoria is home to over 500 species of cichlid, and according to scientists, that amount of diversity is a recent development.

Brought to Lake Victoria in the 1950s to meet commercial demand for its meat, the Nile perch devastated native populations of fish known as haplochromine cichlids. By the 1990s, experts estimated that ...

Genomic Signatures for Species-Specific Adaptation in Lake Victoria Cichlids Derived from Large-Scale Standing Genetic Variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution , 2021; DOI: 10.1093/molbev ...

This was the conclusion of research conducted by scientists on cichlid species in Lake Victoria, which suffered mass extinction following the introduction of the fish-eating Nile perch in the 1950s.

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.

Two snail-crushing cichlid species, Labrochromis mawe and mawepili, have been discovered in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, thriving in rocky, illuminated habitats.

Different species of fish, called cichlids, swim in East Africa's Lake Victoria. More than 700 cichlid species have evolved in the Lake Victoria region over the past 150,000 years.

Lake Victoria's Array of Cichlids Caused by Invasion of Nile Perch Fish An upsurge of Nile perch in Lake Victoria had long-lasting effects on the genetic diversity of local cichlid species. News .

Two snail-crushing cichlid species, Labrochromis mawe and mawepili, have been discovered in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, thriving in rocky, illuminated habitats.

Two snail-crushing cichlid species, Labrochromis mawe and mawepili, have been discovered in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, thriving in rocky, illuminated habitats.