We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a healthy and good 2017!! +++22-12-2016, today we`ve put on 13 new variants in the cichlid database, you can find them in Aulonocara,       Cynotilapia, Lethrinops, Metriaclima and Sciaenochromis. +++24-11-2016, today we`ve put on 13 new variants in the cichlid database, you can find them in Nimbochromis,       Oreochromis, Stigmatochromis, Taeniolethrinops, Trematocranus, Tropheops and Tyrannochromis. +++26-10-2016, today we`ve put on 14 new variants in the cichlid database, you can find them in Labeotropheus,       Melanochromis, Mylochromis, Nimbochromis and Otopharynx. +++27-9-2016, because of the description of a new genus and the appearance of the message that a number of species       have been renamed, we've changed the names of these species in our cichlid-database.       It's about the following species: |
Old name
Metriaclima sp."elongatus usisya" Metriaclima sp."elongatus yellow tail" Pseudotropheus cyaneus Pseudotropheus demasoni Pseudotropheus flavus Pseudotropheus heteropictus Pseudotropheus minutus Pseudotropheus saulosi Pseudotropheus socolofi Tropheops sp."elongatus boadzulu" Tropheops sp."elongatus green back" Tropheops sp."elongatus reef" |
New name
Metriaclima usisyae Metriaclima flavicauda Chindongo cyaneus Chindongo demasoni Chindongo flavus Chindongo heteropticus Chindongo minutus Chindongo saulosi Chindongo socolofi Tropheops kumwera Tropheops biriwira Tropheops kamtambo |
+++19-8-2016, following the publication of the new book of Ad Konings, Malawi Cichlids in their natural habitat (part 5),       we've changed the names of a number of species in our cichlid-database. They were mentioned here for a while       with the old names. It's about the following species: |
Old name
Cynotilapia "Black Eastern" Hemitaeniochromis sp."spilopterus blue" Lethrinops sp."harbour" Melanochromis brevis Metriaclima lanisticola Chesese Metriaclima lanisticola Ngara Metriaclima sp."zebra chilumba" Nyasschromis sp."interruptus" Otopharynx lithobates Otopharynx lithobates Maleri Petrotilapia sp."small blue" Petrotilapia sp."ruarwe" Protomelas taeniolatus Protomelas taeniolatus "Chinyamwezi" Pseudotropheus sp."acei" Ngara Pseudotropheus livingstoni "Crocodile Rock" Pseudotropheus sp."tursiops chitande" Rhamphochromis sp."ferox yellow fin" |
New name
Cynotilapia afra Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus Lethrinops sp."yellow collar" Harbour Melanochromis robustus Metriaclima sp."lanisticola north" Chesese Metriaclima sp."lanisticola north" Ngara Metriaclima fainzilberi Otopharynx argyrosoma Otopharynx lithobates lithobates Otopharynx lithobates walteri "Maleri" Petrotilapia microgalana Petrotilapia microgalana Protomelas taeniolatus taeniolatus Protomelas taeniolatus dejunctus "Chinyamwezi" Pseudotropheus elegans "Ngara" Metriaclima lanisticola "Crocodile Rock" Pseudotropheus benetos Rhamphochromis brevis |
+++26-3-2016, today we`ve put on 14 new variants in the cichlid database, you can find them in Aulonocara,       Chilotilapia, Copadichromis, Cynotilapia, Dimidiochromis, Lethrinops and Melanochromis.       Happy Easter!!! +++24-2-2016, today we`ve put on 20 new species and variants in the cichlid database, you can find them all in Metriaclima. +++25-1-2016, today we`ve put on 15 new species and variants in the cichlid database, you can find them in Aulonocara,       Copadichromis, Cynotilapia, Gephyrochromis and Lethrinops. |