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Table 1 Species examined span the benthic-pelagic ecomorphological axis. List of species and treatments used in analyses, including habitat and feeding strategy based on [47]

From: Constraint and diversification of developmental trajectories in cichlid facial morphologies

  Species (and treatment, as applicable) Habitat Feeding strategy Color in figures
Aulonocara sp. (Au) Sand Sonar hunting
Tramitichromis sp. (Tra) Sand Sifting
Maylandia zebra (MZ) Rock Suction/combing
Tropheops tropheops (TT) Rock Biting: nip and twist
Tropheops sp. “red cheek” (TRC) Rock Biting: nip and twist
Labeotropheus fuelleborni (LF) Rock Biting: scraping
Maylandia zebra 8 mM LiCl, 6 hr at 5 dpf   
Tropheops tropheops 8 mM LiCl, 6 hr @ 5 dpf   
Tropheops tropheops 8 mM LiCl, 6 hr @ 5,10,16 dpf   
Tropheops tropheops 250 uM LiCl, continuously starting @ 5 dpf