| Preface | 7 |
| The lake | 8 |
| The cichlids | 13 |
| The surge habitat | 17 |
| The rocky habitat free of sediment | 25 |
| The rocky habitat covered with sediment | 67 |
| The shallow rocky coast | 122 |
| The intermediate zone | 146 |
| The sandfloor | 159 |
| The mudfloor | 217 |
| The open water column | 244 |
| Bibliography | 266 |
| Index | 268 |
| Acknowledgements | 272 |