The Freshwater Coral Fish: That's what the rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Malawi are called. Incredibly bright colors, as they are only known from marine fishes, and a territorial, rock-dwelling way of living make the comparison plausible. This first volume on cichlids from Lake Malawi contains all fishes called 'mbuna' of the genera Cyathochromis, Cynotilapia, Genyochromis, Labidochromis, Labeotropheus, Maylandia, Melanochromis, Microchromis, Petrotilapia and Pseudotropheus. For the first time in the history of the hobby, you have now a compact reference on your hands in which all known mbunas are presented in brilliant color photographs from well-known photographers. In this book, we present all color and local varieties as well as morphs. Apart form the numerous pictures which help the reader to directly compare the fishes with each other, there is an introduction that explains the most important characteristics of each genus. The highly actual revision of the Pseudotropheus zebra-Complex is discusses by well-known scientists and authors, and the modern evolutionary species concept is explained.