Neolamprologus wauthioni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it inhabits snail shells. This species reaches a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL.[2] The specific name of this cichlid honours René Wauthion, a Provincial Commissioner in the Belgian Congo during the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika of 1946–1947, this expedition collected the type.[3]
Neolamprologus wauthioni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Neolamprologus |
Species: | N. wauthioni
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Binomial name | |
Neolamprologus wauthioni (Poll, 1949)
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Synonyms | |
Lamprologus wauthioni Poll, 1949 |
References
edit- ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus wauthioni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60595A12374333. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60595A12374333.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neolamprologus wauthioni". 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 2 February 2019.