Lamprologus

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.^[1] 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.

Lamprologus
Lamprologus meleagris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Tribe:	Lamprologini
Genus:	Lamprologus Schilthuis, 1891
Type species
Lamprologus congoensis Schilthuis, 1891

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Lamprologus callipterus Boulenger, 1906
• Lamprologus congoensis Schilthuis, 1891
• Lamprologus finalimus Nichols & La Monte, 1931
• Lamprologus kungweensis Poll, 1956
• Lamprologus laparogramma I. R. Bills & Ribbink, 1997
• Lamprologus lemairii Boulenger, 1899
• Lamprologus lethops T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
• Lamprologus markerti Tougas & Stiassny, 2014 ^[2]
• Lamprologus meleagris Büscher, 1991
• Lamprologus mocquardi Pellegrin, 1903
• Lamprologus ocellatus (Steindachner, 1909)
• Lamprologus ornatipinnis Poll, 1949
• Lamprologus signatus Poll, 1952
• Lamprologus speciosus Büscher, 1991
• Lamprologus stappersi Pellegrin, 1927
• Lamprologus symoensi Poll, 1976
• Lamprologus teugelsi Schelly & Stiassny, 2004
• Lamprologus tigripictilis Schelly & Stiassny, 2004
• Lamprologus tumbanus Boulenger, 1899
• Lamprologus werneri Poll, 1959

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lamprologus". FishBase. March 2017 version.
2. Tougas, S. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (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, 3852 (3): 391–400.