@...@An international team of researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, © and Monash University, Australia, believe colorful Amphilophus cichlid fish could provide answers by observing the way other species react to them based on their colour//
@...@Cichlid fish are native to the crater lakes of Nicaragua in Central America and have distinct gold or dark colour patterns// ©**In Amphilophus cichlids, individuals of the gold morph are socially dominant over the dark coloured fish, at least under laboratory conditions,** Dr Lehtonen said//
**Yet, gold individuals are generally much rarer in the population//**
To test their prediction, the researchers carried out an experiment presenting gold and dark coloured Amphilophus models to another species of fish, the moga, © which are naturally found in the same habitat//