Editing Cichlid (section)

====Color changes====
In the same study, color changes were present before and after the pit spawning occurred. For example, after the larvae were transferred and the pits were beginning to be protected, their fins turned a dark grey color.<ref name=Alonso-2011/> In another study, of the rainbow cichlid, ''Herotilapia multispinosa'',<ref name=Brown-1978/> color changes occurred throughout the spawning process. Before spawning, the rainbow cichlid was an olive color with grey bands. Once spawning behaviors started, the body and fins of the fish became a more golden color. When the eggs were finished being laid, the pelvic fin all the way back to the caudal fin turned to a darker color and blackened in both the males and the females.<ref name=Brown-1978/>