(This article was originally published in Cichlid News Magazine Apr-98 pp. 6-15, It is reproduced here with the permission of author Ad Konings and Aquatic promotions). A male Cyathopharynx foai at Sibwesa. Photo by Ad Konings. The east coast of Lake Tanganyika has always attracted me, as very few people have ever been there to investigate its fish fauna. The only source of information on distribution and species of cichlids found here came from Horst Walter Dieckhoff who had travelled twice from Kigoma to Kipili. Unfortunately he didn't keep precise notes on where he took his pictures, many of which I was able to use later on (Konings, 1988). Now ten years later, I'm preparing an extended update of that publication which will be published later this year. Before I could do so, however, I needed to visit all parts of the lake myself; a year ago the central coast of the lake belonging to Tanzania represented a glaring "blank" spot on my map. As I have explained in earlier articles, to organize an expedition in Tanzania is really very difficult and one needs almost to be a personal friend of the President or one of the ministers to get the paperwork done. Fortunately for me, Toby Veall, an exporter of tropical fishes located in Zambia, has a license to collect fish in the Tanzanian part of the lake, and it was he who supplied me with the necessary crew and equipment to complete such a venture. Toby wanted to collect a good number of Tropheus d ...

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