PAEDOPHAGIA AMONG CICHLID FISHES OF LAKE VICTORIA AND LAKE MALAWI NYASA/

Paedophages, as defined here, are cichlids which exploit the protectiv e tactics of other cichlids to steal the offspring from them. The diff erent tactics are reviewed here and a new form of paedophagy is descri bed, in which retrieval of free-swimming young is stimulated by the pa edophage so that the offspring gather at the parent's mouth, where the y are readily caught by the paedophage.