![]() In the wild, 'sexual selection' and competition from males belonging to the same species of females tend to severely curtail hybridization by inherently being more 'attractive' than males of another species. ![]() Also similar species may inhabit completely different areas of the lake. In many instances these species, however, look different from each other. With that said, many collection points have many species that either inhabit the same area or their areas of origin overlap (photos taken in the lakes often show many types of african cichlid species in a single photo frame). Yet yellow lab/red zebra hybrids are quite common (maybe even rampant) in the hobby due to intentional and unintentional cross-breeding (solid yellow labs as an example tend to have red zebra lineage). In nature these two species never cross paths. Many african cichlid species which are common in the hobby may hybridize quite easily in aquariums but do not come into contact with each other in the wild because most are found only in certain areas or ranges rather than dispersed throughout the entire lake(s).įor example, yellow labs x red zebra's inhabit completely different area's of Lake Malawi (yellow labs are found in certain coastal areas off the country of Malawi, while red zebras are found in limited ranges off the Mozambique coast over 100 miles away). Its rather odd that they so freely hybridize in captivity but not in the wild.
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