When I taught at Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawai'i (1976-1978), I had a dream of retiring in the misty mountains of Hawai'i, and going down to the seashore by mule or burro to scuba dive every day.

Well, there I am, not retired, with a rather questionable beast of burden, but near fog-shrouded mountains. Those familiar with the etymology of Mexichromis amalguae Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988, know the species was named after "Isla Cedros," and that the original, pre-Spanish name was Amalgua, which is the native Cochimí word meaning "Isle of Fogs.