Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Lepidiolamprologus > Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus

Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus (Cichlid)

Synonyms: Lamprologus attenuatus; Lamprologus pleurostigma
Language: Finnish; German; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika preferring areas with sandy substrates in which it digs crater-shaped nests. This species is carnivorous preying on fishes. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
View Wikipedia Record: Lepidiolamprologus attenuatus

Predators

Perissodus microlepis (Bluespotted cichlid)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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