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Neolamprologus leloupi

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Species of fish Not to be confused with Neolamprologus leleupi.

Neolamprologus leloupi
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: Neolamprologus
Species: N. leloupi
Binomial name
Neolamprologus leloupi
(Poll, 1948)
Synonyms
  • Lamprologus leloupi Poll, 1948

Neolamprologus leloupi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species reaches a length of 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. The specific name honours the malacologist Eugène Leloup (1902-1981), chief of the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika in 1946–1947, the type being collected during this expedition.

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus leloupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60592A12373886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60592A12373886.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neolamprologus leloupi". FishBase. February 2013 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 leloupi


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