Animalia > Chordata > Cyprinodontiformes > Poeciliidae > Lamprichthys > Lamprichthys tanganicanus

Lamprichthys tanganicanus (Tanganyika pearl killifish; Tanganyika killifish)

Synonyms: Haplochilus tanganicanus; Lamprichthys curtianalis; Mohanga tanganicana
Language: Finnish; German; Mandarin Chinese; Swahili

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tanganyika killifish (Lamprichthys tanganicanus) is a species of poeciliid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it forms large schools, mainly close to rocky shores but also pelagically off shore. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) SL. It is an egglayer with external fertilization, and deposits its eggs in narrow crevices. It is fished commercially for food, and also for the aquarium trade.
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Predators

Perissodus microlepis (Bluespotted cichlid)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Scale-Eating in Perissodus microlepis (Cichlidae) and Change of Its Food Habits with Growth, Muderhwa Nshombo, Yasunobu Yanagisawa and Makato Nagoshi, Japanese Journal of Ichthyology Vol. 32, No. 1 (1985), p. 66-73
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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