Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Neolamprologus > Neolamprologus tetracanthus

Neolamprologus tetracanthus (Fourspine cichlid)

Synonyms: Lamprologus brevianalis; Lamprologus marginatus; Lamprologus tetracanthus
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The fourspine cichlid (Neolamprologus tetracanthus) is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it lives in areas with sandy substrates. In addition to feeding on other fishes and insect larvae, this species is specialized to suck molluscs from their shells. This species can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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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