Freshly collected from Kipili
An individual of Xenochromis hecqui freshly collected at Kipili, Lake Tanganyika [Tanzania]. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Ad Konings

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Perissodini

Genus
Xenochromis


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19-Jul-2013

Xenochromis hecqui Boulenger, 1899


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Original description as Xenochromis hecqui:

ZooBank:951AB1C3-2206-4BF6-B56B-C46E9BBCCF7C.

  • Boulenger, George Albert. 1899. "Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Cinquième Partie. Cyprins, Silures, Cyprinodontes, Acanthoptérygiens". Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. Zoologique 1:122 (crc00130)

Conservation: Xenochromis hecqui is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2006).