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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]

Lepidiolamprologus boulengeri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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)

Etymology


The specific name of this cichlid honours the Belgian born British 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Neolamprologus boulengeri" in 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 29 January 2019.


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Neolamprologus boulengeri es una especie de peces de la familia Cichlidae en el orden de los Perciformes.


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