Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Lamprologini
Genus: Neolamprologus
Species: Neolamprologus leleupi
Name
Neolamprologus leleupi (Poll, 1956)
Holotype: MRAC 115675. Paratypes: IRSNB 346 (1); MRAC 115284 (1), 115676 (1), 115677-80 (4), 115681-82 (2).
Type location: Luhanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lake Tanganika.
Synonyms
Lamprologus leleupi Poll, 1956 (original combination)
Lamprologus leleupi melas Matthes, 1959
References
Primary references
Poll, M. 1979. Poissons Cichlidae. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947). Résultats scientifiques v. 3 (fasc. 5 B): 1–619, 10 Pls. Reference page.
Links
Lamprologus leleupi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on December 13, 2015.
Neolamprologus leleupi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Neolamprologus leleupi in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
čeština: Pestřenec zlatožlutý
magyar: Tanganyika-tavi citromsügér
Türkçe: Limon çiklit
Neolamprologus leleupi (lemon cichlid) is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it occurs throughout the lake. It is a recess-dweller, inhabiting cracks and crevices. It feeds on invertebrates living in the rich biocover of the substrate. This species reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2] The color of this fish ranges from bright yellow to deep brown. Both color variations exist at each location where this species is found. This relatively small cichlid is a substrate spawner (cave spawner). It is easily confused with the very similar N. longior (Staeck, 1980) a fish also endemic to Lake Tanganyika. The specific name honours the Belgian entomologist Narcisse Leleup (1912-2001), who collected the type.[3]
Large Neolamprologus leleupi in an aquarium
See also
List of freshwater aquarium fish species
References
Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus leleupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60612A12383984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60612A12383984.en.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neolamprologus leleupi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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