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Lepidiolamprologus hecqui

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Species of fish

Lepidiolamprologus hecqui
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Lepidiolamprologus
Species: L. hecqui
Binomial name
Lepidiolamprologus hecqui
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Lamprologus hecqui Boulenger, 1899
  • Neolamprologus hecqui (Boulenger, 1899)

Lepidiolamprologus hecqui is a species of shell-living cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.

Etymology

The specific name of this fish honours the Belgian soldier and anti-slave trade campaigner Lieutenant Célestin Hecq (1859–1910) who collected a specimen of the catfish Auchenoglanis scutatus in the mouth of which the type of this species was discovered.

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus hecqui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60583A12372533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60583A12372533.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepidiolamprologus hecqui". FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Neolamprologus hecqui


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