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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Lepidiolamprologus: Greek, lepis = scale + Greek, lampros = light + Greek, lagos = hare (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poll.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059); 3°S - 9°S

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Africa: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5655)

Usually solitary, are rock-dwellers and do not roam the wide open sandy bottoms. L. profundicola lives deeper than L. elongatus or L. kendalli and is seldom found near the surface. Carnivorous, feeds on fish (Ref. 6770, 54948).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators

Maréchal, C. and M. Poll, 1991. Lepidiolamprologus. p. 226-230. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5655)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 31 January 2006

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Lepidiolamprologus profundicola (Poll, 1949)