- Neolamprologus hecqui
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Neolamprologus hecqui Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae Tribe: Lamprologini Genus: Neolamprologus (but see text) Species: N. hecqui Binomial name Neolamprologus hecqui
(Boulenger, 1899)Synonyms Lepidiolamprologus hecqui (but see text)
Neolamprologus hecqui is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it is found in the waters of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.
It is sometimes placed in Lepidiolamprologus, and this may well be appropriate. As it seems, it belongs to a group also including N. boulengeri and N. meeli (both also probable members of Lepidiolamprologus), L. attenuatus and L. kendalli.[1]
As hybridization seems to have played a major role in the radiation of this group, the exact relationships of the present species are obscure. The present species might be quite close to L./N. meeli, or to L./N. boulengeri and L. attenuatus. In the latter case, there would have been hybridization between a L./N. hecqui female and a L./N. meeli male in the past.[1]
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References
- Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus hecqui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/60583. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- Day, Julia J.; Santini, Simona & Garcia-Moreno, Jaime (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini: The story from mitochondrial DNA. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(2): 629–642. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.025
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