The current special issue is the fifth in a series of special issues published in Hydrobiologia
exclusively devoted to cichlid fish research. The freshwater fish family Cichlidae accounts for …

Tropical freshwater lakes are well known for their high biodiversity, and particularly the East
African Great Lakes are renowned for their adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes. While …

Abstract The Manyara tilapia (Oreochromis amphimelas), native to the Saline Rift Valley
Lakes (SRVLs) in north‐central Tanzania, has recently experienced population declines …

Urbanisation and water developments in South Africa have created numerous challenges in
managing water resources. Consequently, the native fish species Oreochromis …

The human-mediated transfers of tilapia for aquaculture as a panacea for food insecurity in
Africa have led to unprecedented and irreversible impacts on native ichthyofaunal …

Cichlids of the genus Oreochromis (“Tilapias”) are intensively used in aquaculture around
the world. In many cases, when “Tilapia” were introduced for economic reasons to …

Abstract Lake Chala straddles the Kenya–Tanzania border, with a narrow strip of terrestrial
habitat around it. The steep rocky shores are bedecked in a backdrop of Kilimanjaro at …

Climate‐induced habitat change has often been invoked as an important driver of speciation
and evolutionary radiation in cichlid fishes, yet studies linking morphological change directly …

Cichlid fishes of the genus Oreochromis (tilapia) are among the most important fish for
inland capture fisheries and global aquaculture. Deliberate introductions of non-native …

Abstract The Pangani catchment of Northern Tanzania harbours the critically endangered
endemic tilapias of the genus Oreochromis. The introduction of non-native congenerics and …