Cyprichromis leptosoma male from Utinta Bay, Lake Tanganyika [Tanzania] in the aquarium of Steve Bansee [USA]. Photo by Steve Bansee. determiner Patrick Tawil.

Cyprichromis leptosoma (Boulenger, 1898)

Curator: Thomas Andersen. Last updated on 27-Jan-2006.

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Original description as Paratilapia leptosoma:

• Boulenger, G. A.; 1898; "Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika"; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London; pp. 494-497.

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