Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Xenotilapia > Xenotilapia boulengeri

Xenotilapia boulengeri (Boulenger's cichlid)

Synonyms: Enantiopus boulengeri; Parectodus lestradei; Xenotilapia lestradei; Xenotilapia mater-familias; Xenotilapia materfamilias
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Xenotilapia boulengeri is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it occurs in schools in areas with sandy substrates. Its diet consists of small shrimps and copepods. This species can reach a length of 15.3 centimetres (6.0 in) TL. It 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