Angel Fitor is this year’s winner for his masterful underwater images of cichlid fishes in East Africa. A female cichlid turns to pick up its freshly laid eggs. Meanwhile, its mate performs a dazzling ...

Angel Fitor is this year’s winner for his masterful underwater images of cichlid fishes in East Africa. Two male cichlid fish fight jaw to jaw over a snail shell. Inside the half-buried shell is a ...

Over 1,800 species of cichlid fish live in Africa’s Rift Valleys lakes. In this crowded world, many cichlid species use ‘mouth-brooding’ to both incubate their eggs, and protect their young.