Lamprologus

Lamprologus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Lamprologini
Genus:	Lamprologus; Schilthuis, 1891
Type species
	Lamprologus congoensis; Schilthuis, 1891

Lamprologus is a genus of fishes from the cichlid family. They are native to Lake Tanganyika (where several species are shell dwellers) and the Congo River Basin in Africa.^[1] The type species for this genus is Lamprologus congoensis, a species from the Congo River. The genus is under some revision and may eventually be restricted to these riverine types.

Species[]

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Lamprologus callipterus Boulenger, 1906
Lamprologus congoensis Schilthuis, 1891
Lamprologus finalimus Nichols & , 1931
Lamprologus kungweensis Poll, 1956
& , 1997
Lamprologus lemairii Boulenger, 1899
Lamprologus lethops T. R. Roberts & , 1976
& Stiassny, 2014 ^[2]
, 1991
Pellegrin, 1903
Lamprologus ocellatus (Steindachner, 1909)
Lamprologus ornatipinnis Poll, 1949
Lamprologus signatus Poll, 1952
, 1991
Pellegrin, 1927
Poll, 1976
& Stiassny, 2004
& Stiassny, 2004
Boulenger, 1899
Poll, 1959

References[]

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Lamprologus in FishBase. March 2017 version.
^ Tougas, S. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2014): Lamprologus markerti, a new lamprologine cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) endemic to the lower Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, west-central Africa. Zootaxa, 3852 (3): 391–400.

[fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Lamprologus in FishBase. March 2017 version.

[2] Tougas, S. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2014): Lamprologus markerti, a new lamprologine cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) endemic to the lower Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, west-central Africa. Zootaxa, 3852 (3): 391–400.

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