Lepidiolamprologus hecqui (Boulenger, 1899)

Ochrona: Lepidiolamprologus hecqui jest wpisany prez Międzynarodową Unię Ochrony Przyrody do Czerwonej Księgi Gatunków Zagrożonych IUCN jako (LC) Najmniejszej troski (2006). Although L. hecqui likely lives on the open sand, it is too small to be targeted by fishermen and it is probably found too deep to be accessible by beach seines. So even though it has a very small area of distribution for a sand-dwelling species, it may not be threatened. On the other hand the qualification of Least Concern stems from the fact that this species has been confused with L. meeli for a long time, and that species is widespread and common near shell habitats over the entire southern half of the lake, I would expect that the classification will become vulnerable or even threatened because of the very small area where L. hecqui is supposed to be restricted to.