VOLUME IX, 2001

So many cichlids, so little time
RONALD M. COLEMAN, Guest Editor..........i

The inspiration for this issue
JOHN FARRELL KUHNS, Editor/Publisher..........iv

The naming of cichlids
JAY R. STAUFFER, JR., KENETH R. MCKAY..........1

What cichlids tell us about the social regulation of brain and behavior
HAND A. HOFFMAN, RUSSELL D. FERNALD..........17

Habitat selection, feeding ecology, and fry survivorship in the Amphilophus citrinellus species complex in Lake Xiloá, Nicaragua
RENE VIVAS, KENNETH R. MCKAY..........32

Reproductive success of maternal and biparental care in Nicaraguan cichlid fish, Parachromis dovii
ERIC P. VAN DEN BERGHE, KENNETH R. MCKAY.........49

Parsing mouth brooding in cichlid fishes to illuminate the course of evolution
GEORGE W. BARLOW..........66

Using cichlids to control parasitic diseases
KAREN A. KELLOGG, JAY R. STAUFFER, JR., KENNETH R. MCKAY..........79

The predator of guppies on Trinidad is the pike cichlid Crenicichla frenata, not C. alta: A caution about working with cichlids
RONALD M. COLEMAN..........89

Ecology of peacock cichlids (Cichla spp.) in Venezuela
KIRK O. WINEMILLER..........93

Keeping cichlids in a large mixed-species zoological exhibit
TODD S. HARMON, LONNIE D. MCCASKILL..........113

Fishes, as well as birds, build bowers
KENNETH R. MCKAY, JAY R. STAUFFER, JR., GEORGE TURNER, AD KONINGS, TETSU SATO..........121

Brood defense behavior of three sibling species in the Amphilophus citrinellus species complex in Lake Xiloá, Nicaragua
BRENT A. MURRY, ERIC P. VAN DEN BERGHE, KENNETH R. MCKAY..........134

Cichlid diversity, speciation and systematics: examples from the Great African Lakes
JOS SNOEKS..........150

Acoustic behavior of cichlid fishes
PHILLIP S. LOBEL..........167

Hormones and social behavior of cichlid fishes: a case study in the Mozambique tilapia
RUI F. OLIVEIRA, ADELINO V.M. CANARIO..........187

Parental defense of young by the convict cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, in Lake Xiolá, Nicaragua
JAMIE J. ALONZO, KENNETH R. MCKAY, ERIC VAN DEN BERGHE ..........208

Evidence for nutritional disease in a Lake Victoria cichlid, Haplochromis (Prognathochromis) perrieri (Pellegrin): a clinical assessment
RUTHELLEN C. KLINGER, RUTH FRANCIS-FLOYD, VICKI S. BLAZER, CASEY HUCKINS..........229

Coloration in female cichlids
J. KASI JACKSON..........237

Presumptive mycobacteriosis in aquarium-held Oscars, Astronotus ocellatus, in Venezuela: a case report
C.L. GARCIA, A.M. CLAVIJO, G. CONROY, J. SANTANDER, M. ROLO, F. APONTE, D.C. CONROY..........248

First report of Vibrio spp. From cultured tilapias in Venezuela
A.M. CLAVIJO, J. SANTANDER, G. CONROY, D.A. CONROY.........253

Using phylogenies to test evolutionary hypotheses about cichlid fishes
NICHOLAS B. GOODWIN, SIGAL BALSHINE, JOHN D. REYNOLDS..........256

Parental brood provisioning in cichlid fishes by means of stirring up the bottom substrate: a brief review
DMITRY D. ZWORYKIN..........269

Pelagic cichlid fishes of Lake Malawi/Nyasa
GEORGE F. TURNER, ROSANNA L. ROBINSON, BENJAMIN P. NGATUNGA, PAUL W. SHAW, GARY R. CAVALHO..........287

Brood defense and optimal brood size in convict cichlids Cichlasoma (Archocentrus) nigrofasciatum, a species with biparental care
BRIAN D. WISENDEN..........303

The use of lepidological characters for cichlid phylogeny
ELISABETH LIPPITSCH..........321

The Alcolapia group, a remarkable species flock from lakes Natron, Tanzania, and Magadi, Kenya: a further piece of the puzzle of cichlid evolution?
LOTHAR SEEGERS, RAINER SONNENBERG, HERBERT TICHY..........335

Conservation status of cichlids in Mexico
JUAN MIGUEL ARTIGAS AZAS..........365

Taxonomic Index..........370

Geographic Index..........378

Subject Index..........381

Author Index..........391

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