Name - Melanochromis auratus

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:255464 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• Genome of the Malawi golden cichlid fish (Melanochromis auratus) reveals exon loss of oca2 in an amelanistic morph.
• Habitat light sets the boundaries for the rapid evolution of cichlid fish vision, while sexual selection can tune it within those limits.
• Neural innervation as a potential trigger of morphological color change and sexual dimorphism in cichlid fish.
• More non-native fish species than natives, and an invasion of Malawi cichlids, in ancient Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
• Palatability of organic acids and their derivatives for cichlid fishes (Cichlidae).

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