Adult at Mtosi
An adult of Neolamprologus christyi at Mtosi, Lake Tanganyika [Tanzania]. Despite the presence of yellow border to the eye, reminding that of N. furcifer, this fish typically shows the shorter snout, smaller eye, plain color and body and tail shape typical of Neolamprologus christyi. Moreover, the presence of the very cautious N. furcifer over an unsheltered sandy substrate would be very unusual.Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (12-Sep-2010). determiner Patrick Tawil

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Lamprologini

Genus
Neolamprologus

Status
valid


Curator

Published:

Last updated on:
28-Sep-2010

Neolamprologus christyi (Trewavas & Poll, 1952)

Original description as Lamprologus christyi:

ZooBank:22107FCF-F68E-4420-99BE-6416DDC416B1.

  • Trewavas, Ethelwynn & M. Poll. 1952. "Three new species and two new subspecies of the genus Lamprologus, Cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 28 (50); pp 1-16 (crc00055)

Conservation: Neolamprologus christyi is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006).

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