Etroplus Cuvier, 1830 — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

More closely related to Madagascan Paretroplus than to any other African cichlid.

Pseudetroplus Bleeker, 1862 — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

The mere mention of Pseudetroplus by Günther set the original reference on his publication.

Amphilophus istlanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899) — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Amphilophus istlanus could be a natural hybrid between A. trimaculatus and Mayaheros beani.

exLamprologus ornatipinnis (Poll, 1949) — by Patrick Tawil

A nice little shell-dwelling lamprologine in which the male is much larger than the female.

Cycla conibos (Castelnau, 1855) — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

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Patrick de Rham — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

The aquarium world says goodbye to one of its most influential figures

Cichlid hybrids — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

The topic of hybridization of fishes, and in particular of cichlids, has been gaining more relevance in the past few decades as new research has increasingly shown the importance of hybridization events in the evolution and emergence of new species, a previously poorly known fact outside flowering plants or bacteria. The amount of papers dealing with natural hybridization in fish has blossomed in recent years

Cichlid conservation – Efforts to protect biodiversity — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Not all is uncontrolled population growth and greed with humans, there are also many people who genuinely and passionately care for the environment and the species, and efforts are organized to try to miti