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Xenotilapia leptura

Synonyms: Asprotilapia leptula; Asprotilapia leptura
Language: Finnish; German; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Xenotilapia leptura is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it prefers areas with rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
View Wikipedia Record: Xenotilapia leptura

Attributes

Brood Dispersal [1]  On/In self
Brood Guarder [1]  Yes

Predators

Perissodus microlepis (Bluespotted cichlid)[2]

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biparental Mouthbrooding and Guarding in a Tanganyikan Cichlid Haplotaxodon microlepis, Tetsuo Kuwamura, Japanese Journal of Ichthyology Vol. 35, No. 1 (1988)
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0