Neolamprologus sexfasciatus

Neolamprologus sexfasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cichliformes
Family:Cichlidae
Genus:Neolamprologus
Species: N. sexfasciatus
Binomial name
Neolamprologus sexfasciatus
(Trewavas & Poll, 1952)

Neolamprologus sexfasciatus is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to the southern half of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] It mainly eats snails, and its pharyngeal bones and teeth are adapted to this hard-shelled prey.[1]

An aggressive mimic of this species is Plecodus straeleni, a scale-eating cichlid that is able to approach its victims by resembling a harmless species.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bigirimana, C. 2006. Neolamprologus sexfasciatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 3 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Neolamprologus sexfasciatus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ↑ Boileau; Cortesi; Egger; Muschick; Indermaur; Theis; Büscher; and Salzburger (2015). A complex mode of aggressive mimicry in a scale-eating cichlid fish. Biol Lett. 11(9): 20150521. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0521


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