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.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Lepidiolamprologus |
| Species: | L. hecqui
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| Lepidiolamprologus hecqui (Boulenger, 1899)
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Etymology
editThe 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.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus hecqui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60583A12372533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60583A12372533.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepidiolamprologus hecqui". FishBase. October 2018 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.
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