Adult in the aquarium
An adult of exLamprologus speciosus in the aquarium. Photo by Ad Konings. determiner Patrick Tawil

Family
Cichlidae

Genus
exLamprologus


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24-Jun-2023

exLamprologus speciosus (Büscher, 1991)


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Original description as Lamprologus speciosus:

ZooBank:AA1B349F-3D33-462A-B742-920DBF1EB471.

  • Büscher, Heinz H.. 1991. "Neue Schneckencichliden aus dem Tanganjikasee. Lamprologus meleagris n. sp. und L. speciosus n. sp. (Cichlidae, Lamprologini)". Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift (DATZ). 44(6):374-382 (crc00045) (abstract)

Conservation: exLamprologus speciosus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.