| CONTENTS | page |
| Introduction | 7 |
| The lake | 8 |
| The cichlids, a species flock | 10 |
| Malawian cichlid taxonomy | 22 |
| The wave-washed upper rocky habitat | 25 |
| The sediment-free rocky habitat | 46 |
| The sediment-rich rocky habitat | 116 |
| The intermediate habitat | 145 |
| The shallow intermediate habitat | 212 |
| Shallow sediment-rich bays | 220 |
| The sandy habitat | 241 |
| The open water | 306 |
| References | 345 |
| Index | 348 |