No less than eighteen authors have put together the second volume of the cichlids yearbook. It was pleasing that almost all contributors to the first volume were able to write down another piece of their knowledge and experience in this one. In addition eight new authors have written for this volume. Another pleasing fact is that Horst Walter Dieckhoff (Lake Fish, Herten, Germany), the famous underwater photographer, is back in “cichlid-business”. For this volume he has provided some of his photographs but we have made some plans for the near future....
About Tanganyikan Cichlids, Malawian Cichlids, Victorian Cichlids, West African Cichlids, Central American Cichlids, South American Cichlids, Cichlid Maintenance and Cichlid Literatim.
Without the hospitality and cooperation of several exporters and friends it would not have been possible to show you the cichlids in their natural habitat and give information on how they live. I therefore gratefully acknowledge Stuart M. Grant (Salima, Malawi), Alain Gillot (Zaïre Cichlids, Kalemie, Zaïre), Gary Kratochvil (San Antonio, Texas), Juan Miguel Artigas Azas (San Luis Potosí, Mexico) and Mireille Schreyen (Fishes of Burundi, Burundi).
