Offshore cichlids of Lake Malawi

Offshore cichlids of Lake Malawi

by George F. Turner

This book, the first ever guide to the cichlid fishes of the offshore waters of Lake Malawi, shows that this habitat harbours a great diversity of little-known cichlid species. Aquarists will be fascinated by the wealth of previously-unknown brilliantly-coloured and bizarrely-shaped species. Information on distinguishing features, colour, size, distribution and abundance, commercial importance, diet, reproduction, and taxonomy are given for 199 species, 79 of which are presently undescribed.
186 colour and 44 black and white photographs illustrate all species.

CONTENTS page
Introduction 7
Methods 10
Habitats, fish communities and their exploitation 12
Introduction to the cichlid species 20
Tilapiines 27
Mbuna 32
Ncheni and ndunduma 38
Utaka 66
Lethrinops and allied genera 76
Aulonocara and Alticorpus 100
Placidochromis hennydaviesae complex 113
Miscellaneous barred species 119
Buccochromis 129
Mylochromis and other oblique-striped species 133
Otopharynx and other spotted species 152
Protomelas and other horizontally-striped species 190
Nimbochromis and other blotched species 202
Discussion 209
Glossary 221
References 231
Index 236

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