Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Telmatochromis > Telmatochromis temporalis

Telmatochromis temporalis (Cichlid)

Synonyms: Julidochromis macrolepis; Lamprologus macrolepis; Perissodus burgeoni; Telmatochromis burgeoni; Telmatochromis lestradei
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Telmatochromis temporalis is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where they areas with rocky substrates usually at depths of from 5 to 10 metres (16 to 33 ft) though occasionally down to 20 metres (66 ft). This species can reach a length of 10.2 centimetres (4.0 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[1]

Predators

Perissodus microlepis (Bluespotted cichlid)[2]

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External References

Citations

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.
♦ 2Scale-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