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Michael Pauers, an associate professor in 51ÁÔÆæ’s College of General Studies, traveled in 2018 and 2020 to Lake Malawi, one of the African Great Lakes in the southeastern part of the continent, to look for new species of cichlids, a popular aquarium fish.<\/p>\n

He and his research colleague, Titus Phiri, have been successful. In fact, over the course of his career, Pauers has been involved in identifying nine of the 11 known species in this genus.<\/p>\n

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Pauers has contributed around 500 cichlid specimens to the Milwaukee Public Museum, where he is an adjunct curator of fishes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Pauers, an associate professor in 51ÁÔÆæ’s College of General Studies, traveled in 2018 and 2020 to Lake Malawi, one of the African Great Lakes in the southeastern part of the continent, to look for new species of cichlids, a popular aquarium fish. He and his research colleague, Titus Phiri, have been successful. 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