The one exception to the above is our lead-off article by Paul Loiselle, who offers a comprehensive introduction to a little-known species — Tilapia guinasana, the harlequin kurper — from Namibia, an area of Africa that we certainly wouldn’t think of as a “hotbed” of cichlid activity. And the coverage deserves recognition, as this species at a single locality displays greater color polymorphism within a single population than in any other known cichlid. As usual, Paul is the perfect individual to tell this story, and he does it justice. From this odd jumping off point, we begin a circuit that crisscrosses much of the African continent, at least as far as cichlids are concerned. Ad Konings recounts the entry of the well-known Yellow Labidochromis into the hobby; amazingly enough, most of the thousands of specimens of this colorful favorite living in all our aquariums are descended from a single pair of wild fish! Next, Sonia Guinane returns us to the “Red Island” of Madagascar and reviews her experiences with two species of the newly-described genus, Lamena (which, lucky for us for a change, corresponds to the common name these fishes go by in the hobby). Then back to West Africa where Oliver Lucanus introduces us to several new cichlids from Guinea; given their attractiveness, size, and behavior, they should be welcome additions to many of our tanks. And then something for (almost) all of us to dream about: a diving trip to Lake Tanganyika. Charles Kacirek describes his collecting adventures at Karilani Island, home of Neolamprologus leleupi and Tropheus duboisi, to name just a few of the jewels we’d all love to see in the wild. And Ron Coleman’s popular essay on Cichlids and Science returns with a review of some of the ideas about how so many species of mbuna “share” trophic resources in rocky habitats of Lake Malawi. And not to neglect neotropicals, we jump continents to South America for a review of Thomas Weidner’s new book on eartheaters by Wayne Leibel; just about all of you know how Wayne feels about this group of cichlids, so you can imagine his delight to get his hands on this beautiful book. As usual, What’s New ties everything together with a pictorial essay on some of the newest arrivals to the hobby. And that, as they say, is a wrap.