Scoop, pg 4: 3 images of adult and juvenile Mayan Cichlids scooping up freshly spawned tiny fry.
Top and center: a fully grown Mayan cichlid seems to be showing a youngster the ropes. One does
not often get to see this type of behavior. Most juvenile Mayans are left to fend for themselves.

Paired adults frequently hunt together as in the spawn cloud below. I’ve seen them aggressively
defending such a food source with torpedo like head butts. On several occasions I even observed large
size rivals get into frontal positions in the style of Rams before slamming heads. A field day for Darwin...