Neolamprologus leloupi | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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
- Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus leloupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60592A12373886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60592A12373886.en.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neolamprologus leloupi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- 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 | |
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Neolamprologus leloupi |
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