<br/>An international Scientists team has found that cichlid fish, are not always as brightly coloured as they seem or at least not to their counterparts. Cichlid is a common species which has experienced an evolutionary leap in the last million years.<br/> <br/>The research, focused on cichlids in Lake Malawi in southern Africa. The scientists found cichlids could see ultra -violet colours, making their sight much better than that of humans, who can only see the basic red, green, blue spectrums. scientists also studied that cichlid's sexual communication and found while female cichlids are brightly coloured to the human eye, they are relatively inconspicuous to their potential mating partners. <br/> <br/>Lead scientist Prof Justin Marshall of Queensland University said that When you compare humans to many of animals who are using colour we are comparatively colour blind. When you start to look at the animal through the animal's eyes, they are well camouflaged. Many of the brightly coloured reef fish are in fact very well camouflaged to the eyes of the animals themselves.<br/>