Lamprologus
Genus of fishes
title: "Lamprologus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lamprologus", "lamprologini", "cichlid-genera"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/lamprologus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprologus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of fishes ::
| image = Lamprologusstappersimalemcl.jpg | image_caption = Lamprologus meleagris | taxon = Lamprologus | authority = Schilthuis, 1891 | type_species = Lamprologus congoensis | type_species_authority = 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. 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 nine recognized species in this genus:
- Lamprologus congoensis Schilthuis, 1891
- Lamprologus lethops T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Lamprologus markerti Tougas & Stiassny, 2014
- Lamprologus mocquardi Pellegrin, 1903
- Lamprologus symoensi Poll, 1976
- Lamprologus teugelsi Schelly & Stiassny, 2004
- Lamprologus tigripictilis Schelly & Stiassny, 2004
- Lamprologus tumbanus Boulenger, 1899
- Lamprologus werneri Poll, 1959
References
References
- {{FishBase genus. (2017)
- {{Cof genus
- Tougas, S.. (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.
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