eggspots The journal on fishes with eggspots

Number 1 (2nd edition) - Date 09.09.2009 Pages 1-50

Editor ERWIN SCHRAML, HaferstraÄe 18c, D-86179 Augsburg Tel.: +49 821 86 886, Fax: +49 821 86594, E-mail: [email protected]

Consultant Editors MARY BAILEY BA (freelance aquatic consultant/translator) general cichlids/aquarium maintenance; preparation of English text. Dr PETER BURGESS (consultant to Aquarian) - fish health. MARTIN GEERTS (author and taxonomic specialist) - taxonomy and systematics. Dr ULRICH K. SCHLIEWEN (ichthyologist) - genetics and Congo.

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Eggspots (English ed.) : The journal on fishes with eggspots. - Augsburg : SCHRAML ISSN 1869-2362

Copyright Å 2009 by ERWIN SCHRAML, Augsburg, Germany

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Editorial

eggspots ? A journal on fishes with eggspots? Isn't that something very specialised? Indeed, it is an online journal that will deal primarily and above all else with fishes that possess eggspots. By this we understand cichlids from Africa and the Near East belonging to the group that includes Haplochromis, Pseudocrenilabrus, Pseudo- tropheus, Tropheus et al. But aren't there already enough magazines dealing with fishes on the market? Absolutely not! There can never be too many! Competition not only invigorates business but also spurs authors and editors to greater effort, and each new magazine permits the reporting of a little more information on a fascinating and virtually inexhaustible subject. Even the information sheets published by cichlid societies are not sufficiently specialised to not leave plenty of scope on this topic. Moreover it is high time there was a journal dealing specifically with the cichlids that are particularly popular in the aquarium hobby, such as, for example, the numerous species from lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Malawi/Nyassa, on which an enormous amount of scientific research is being performed. For this reason eggspots will represent a bridge between scientific research and the aquarium hobby, explaining scientific findings to the layman. It is, however, also planned to publish original scientific work here in eggspots. This can't all be done on an ad hoc basis, and so it is primarily envisaged that eggspots will be published as a loose succession of issues. A printed version will appear only if this is necessary for any particular article. This will both save on natural resources and allow us to keep the purchase price extremely low. The fact that eggspots appears online allows for enormous flexibility. No subscription is required; the Contents list for each issue will be freely available so that anyone interested can decide whether or not he or she wishes to download the issue. In addition everyone who is interested can join our participants list, and will be notified of the contents of each new issue by email.

In this regard, I hope you will read this first issue with great interest!

Erwin Schraml

3 page Contents

Impressum ...... 2 Editorial ...... 3 Articles: What are eggspots, really? ...... 5 The phylogenetic relationships of the cichlids and the groups that are the focus of this journal...... 16 All beginnings are difficult - first tropical experiences in Uganda (part 1) ...... 21 New research on the genus Melanochromis ...... 34 Species profile: Haplochromis aeneocolor ...... 41 Eggspots Elsewhere ...... 49

Cover photo: Haplochromis aeneocolor

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Haplochromis “” Haplochromis Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi.

Haplochromis eggspots No. 1 5 Haplochromis ‘’

Synodontis grandiops

6 SCHRAML: eggspots Ophthalmotilapia ventralis Synodontis Ophthalmotilapia Pseudocrenilabrus

Zeitschrift fÄr Tierpsychologie, eggspots No. 1 7 PseudocrenilabrusPs ‘’

Aulonocara Lethrinops Otopharynx Serranochromis

8 SCHRAML: eggspots Lethrinops

Otopharynx tetrastigma eggspots No. 1 9 Serranochromis robustus jallae Cyrto- cara Fossorochromis Copadichromis Otopharynx

Fossorochromis rostratus Protomelas taeniolatus Sciaenochromis fryeri

10 SCHRAML: eggspots sapiens Sci- aenochromis fryeri.

Protomelas Homo Haplochromis cf“” eggspots No. 1 11 Haplochromis desfontainesii sic

Aulonocara steveni Behaviour Haplochromis multicolor Zoologisches Jahrbuch allgemeine Zoologie Astatotilapia strigigena Zeitschrift fÄr Tierpsychologie Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor Haplochromis desfontainesiiZeitschrift fÄr Tierpsychologie

12 SCHRAML: eggspots … … Pseudocrenilabrus philander …… Haplochromis ………

Pseudocrenilabrus Haplochromis Hemihaplochromis multicolor Pseudocrenilabrus Astatotilapia strigigena Haplochromis bloyeti African cichlids of lakes Malawi and Tanganyika

Haplochromis desfontainii eggspots No. 1 13 Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor Pseudocrenilabrus

14 SCHRAML: eggspots Pseudocrenilabrus

eggspots No. 1 15 The phylogenetic relationships of the cichlids and the groups that are the focus of this journal by ERWIN SCHRAML

Cladistics– Encyclopaedie voor de Aquariumhouder MÅmories de la Classe des Sciences. Phylogeny and classification of Neotropical fishes L'an CichlidÅ,

16 SCHRAML: relationships & focus et al et al Gnathochromis pfefferi Schwetz- ochromis malagaraziensis

et al Systems Biology – eggspots No. 1 17 Bathybates - B. fasciatus - Cyphotilapia frontosa Tropheus, Lobochilotes Gnathochromis Heterochromis

Callochromis macrops

18 SCHRAML: relationships & focus Cyprichromis C. leptosoma

Petrochromis orthognathus eggspots No. 1 19 Petro- chromis

HaplochromisH. burtoni Haplo- chromis burtoni Pseudocreni- Schwetzochromis labrus Orthochromis malagaraziensis O. torrenticola Tropheus TropheusT

20 SCHRAML: relationships & focus All beginnings are difficult - first tropical experiences in Uganda (part 1) by ERWIN SCHRAML

‘’ eggspots No. 1 21

22 SCHRAML: first tropical experience Uganda Musungu

Haplochromis eggspots No. 1 23 Haplochromis matatu Haplochromis enkejje

enkejjeHaplochromis

24 SCHRAML: first tropical experience Uganda

http://www.budgetsafari.biz/index.php matatus matatus matatus Haplochromis eggspots No. 1 25 ‘’

26 SCHRAML: first tropical experience Uganda

eggspots No. 1 27 Haplochromis latifasciatus H. orthostoma H. phytophagus Tilapia T. zillii

28 SCHRAML: first tropical experience Uganda

Haplochromis phytophagus.

Haplochromis

Haplochromis

Tilapia zillii. eggspots No. 1 29

Haplochromis H H

30 SCHRAML: first tropical experience Uganda dagaa Rastrineobola argentea eggspots No. 1 31 Clarias SynodontisHaplochromis

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32 SCHRAML: first tropical experience Uganda

To be continued

eggspots No. 1 33 New research on the genus Melanochromis by MARTIN GEERTS

Melanochromis M. vermivorus Zootaxa Melanochromis Melanochromis

Melanochromis heterochromis, male from Mumbo Island. Photo: Ad Konings

34 GEERTS: Melanochromis Melanochromis vermivorus, male from Nkhudzi Photo: Ad Konings

Melanochromis melanopterus, male from Thumbi East Island Photo: Ad Konings eggspots No. 1 35 Melanochromis Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat M. lepidiadaptes, M. wochepa, M. kaskazini M. kaskazini M. lepidiadaptes Melanochromis vermivorus M. melanopterusM. heterochromis M. et al lepidiadaptes M. vermivorus M. melanopterus M. vermivorus Melanochromis wochepa M. melanopterus M. heterochromis M. vermivorus M. wochepa Melanochromis kaskazini

36 GEERTS: Melanochromis Melanochromis kaskazini, male in the aquarium Photo: Ad Konings

Melanochromis kaskazini, female at Manda Photo: Ad Konings eggspots No. 1 37 Melanochromis wochepa, male at Lumessi Photo: Ad Konings

Melanochromis wochepa, female at Lumessi Photo: Ad Konings

38 GEERTS: Melanochromis Melanochromis mossambiquensis, male at Minos Reef Photo: Ad Konings

Melanochromis mossambiquensis, female at Minos Reef Photo: Ad Konings eggspots No. 1 39 Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat Melanochromis M. auratus M. dialeptos Aufwuchs M. auratus M. wochepa M. dialeptos M. auratus Melanochromis mossam- biquensis M. auratus Metriaclima estherae

For comparison: female Melanochromis auratus, in the aquarium.

40 GEERTS: Melanochromis S p e c i e s p r o f i l e

Haplochromis aeneocolor

Astatotilapia aeneocolor Haplochromis nubilus non Haplochromis

Haplochromis eduardii, H. engystoma, H. limax, H. vicarius, H HH

aeneus color double entendre

H. aeneocolor. eggspots No. 1 41 Haplochromis aeneocolor

et al

H. eduardii H. aeneocolor H. engystoma H. aeneocolor

42 Species profile: Haplochromis aeneocolor Haplochromis aeneocolor

Haplochromis aeneocolor eggspots No. 1 43 Haplochromis vicarius

BD = Body Depth ChD = Cheek Depth CPD = Caudal Peduncle Depth CPL = Caudal Peduncle Length EyL = Eye Length HL = Head Length LJL = Lower Jaw Length LJW = Lower Jaw Width m = Mean value MxPE = Maxillary Posterior Extension POD = Pre Orbital Depth SL = Standard Length SnL = Snout Length SnW = Snout Width

Haplochromis aeneocolor

44 Species profile: Haplochromis aeneocolor Haplochromis aeneocolor

eggspots No. 1 45

Haplochromis aeneocolor

46 Species profile: Haplochromis aeneocolor Haplochromis aeneocolor

Haplochromis aeneocolor eggspots No. 1 47 Technical assistance to Uganda Institute of Ecology conservation of natural resources. Project No. 4100.037.42.44. Haplochromis Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology ‘’Haplochromis Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology The fisheries and fish stocks of Lake George, their productivity, exploitation, management and conservation. DCG-Informationen The Cichlids Yearbook, The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology Zoologische Verhandelingen, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden Haplochromis. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum

48 Species profile: Haplochromis aeneocolor E g g s p o t s E l s e w h e r e

Articles on cichlids with eggspots elsewhere in the recent literature

Period May - July 2009

Buntbarsche Bulletin Astatoreochromis alluaudi

Cichlidae Melanochromis

Cichlid News (Aquatic Promotions Division, Miami, USA, www.cichlidnews.com )

DATZ Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift

DCG-Informationen “”Protomelas taeniolatus Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus Haplochromis sauvagei Haplochromis fischeri Pseudotropheus demasoni eggspots No. 1 49 Practical Fishkeeping (PFK)

Tropical Fish Hobbyist (T.F.H.)

50 Eggspots Elsewhere