With adults measuring half a metre, emperor cichlids are the freshwater equivalent of tuna in Lake Tanganyika.
This pair will work together in the months ahead to raise their many offspring – they can have up to 10,000. So great is the task that it is thought emperor cichlids only breed once in a lifetime.
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Angel is a natural history photographer, photojournalist and writer with a self-taught background in marine science. He has been featured in publications such as National Geographic and has been awarded in World Press Photo, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year and the Big Picture. He usually works as a stills photographer, cameraman and natural history consultant to leading broadcasting companies.
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