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Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864) — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

One of the most interesting cichlids.

Australoheros oblongus (Castelnau, 1855) — by Rico Morgenstern

Australoheros oblongus has a complicated taxonomic history, to say the least!.

Parachromis friedrichsthalii (Heckel, 1840) — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Parachromis friedrichsthalii was long confused with Parachromis multifasciatus.

Tropheus sp. 'viridescens' — by Patrick Tawil

Tropheus sp. 'viridescens' shows a mix of features of T. brichardi, T. sp. 'black', and T. annectens.

Tylochromis jentinki Steindachner, 1894 — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Stiassny considered Tylochromis jentinki as the sister species of Tylochromis intermedius.

Indistinguishable Hemichromis — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

The differentiation of Hemichromis fasciatus and H. elongatus has always posed problems because of the high variability of such widely distributed African species. In recent years, two more species have been added to the genus, the recently described Hemichromis camerounensis and the revalidated H. angolensis, making an impossible task to differentiate them with traditional taxonomic methods, as Anton Lamboj explains to us in a recent article

The Cichliformes — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

It may be that you have recently seen the word Cichliformes associated with the Cichlidae family and you have wondered why the previous association to Perciformes, both major classification categories, in this case Orders, has been replaced. In this editorial, I write about it with the aim to somewhat clarify things

The Princess of Burundi — by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Neolamprologus brichardi, the Princess of Burundi, named after Pierre Brichard, the well-known Belgian collector of fish for Lake Tanganyika is recognized again as a valid species, and its evolutive history is better understood