Biology:Lepidiolamprologus boulengeri

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Short description: Species of fish

Lepidiolamprologus boulengeri
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Lepidiolamprologus
Species:
L. boulengeri
Binomial name
Lepidiolamprologus boulengeri
(Steindachner, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Julidochromis boulengeri Steindachner, 1909
  • Lamprologus boulengeri (Steindachner, 1909)
  • Neolamprologus boulengeri (Steindachner, 1909)
  • Lamprologus kiritvaithai Meyer, Foerster & Dieckhoff, 1986
  • Neolamprologus kiritvaithai (Meyer, Foerster & Dieckhoff, 1986)

Lepidiolamprologus boulengeri is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is known from the Tanzanian coast in the northern part of the lake. Pairs of this species live together in their territory and the female lives in snail shells in a pit that they have dug in the sand. This species can reach a length of 6.2 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

Etymology

The specific name of this cichlid honours the Belgian born United Kingdom ichthyologist and herpetologist George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937).[3]

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60607A12383038. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60607A12383038.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60607/12383038. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Neolamprologus boulengeri" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 4 December 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae4/. Retrieved 29 January 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1578923 entry