Biology:Lamprologus
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Lamprologus is a genus of fishes from the cichlid family. They are native to Lake Tanganyika (where several species are shell dwellers) and the Congo River Basin in Africa.[1] The type species for this genus is Lamprologus congoensis, a species from the Congo River. The genus is under some revision and may eventually be restricted to these riverine types.
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Lamprologus congoensis Schilthuis, 1891
- Lamprologus lethops T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Lamprologus markerti Tougas & Stiassny, 2014 [3]
- Lamprologus mocquardi Pellegrin, 1903
- Lamprologus symoensi Poll, 1976
- Lamprologus teugelsi Schelly & Stiassny, 2004
- Lamprologus tigripictilis Schelly & Stiassny, 2004
- Lamprologus tumbanus Boulenger, 1899
- Lamprologus werneri Poll, 1959
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Lamprologus in FishBase. March 2017 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Lamprologus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Lamprologus.
- ↑ Tougas, S.; Stiassny, M.L.J. (2014). "Lamprologus markerti, a new lamprologine cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) endemic to the lower Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, west-central Africa". Zootaxa 3852 (3): 391–400.
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