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Directly north of Ikola at the villages of Isengule, Kobogo and Kalya, you find a unique variant of Simochromis babaulti The latter species at Ikola [Tanzania] is now present only in an incredibly small population. The underwater biotope at the location consists nowadays mostly of sandy surfaces with some scattered stones and rocks. On land, however, there is a long row of rocks along the shoreline. Photo by Mikael Karlsson. determiner Ad Konings.

Simochromis babaulti Pellegrin, 1927

Curator: Mark Smith.

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Original description as Simochromis babaulti:

• Pellegrin, Jacques; 1927; "Mission Guy Babault, poissons du lac Tanganyika"; Bulletin du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle; pp. 499-501.

Conservation: Simochromis babaulti is evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as (LC) Least Concern (2006).

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