Species of fish

Neolamprologus wauthioni

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cichliformes
Family:  | Cichlidae
Genus:  | Neolamprologus
Species:  |

N. wauthioni

Binomial name
Neolamprologus wauthioni

(Poll, 1949)

Synonyms

Lamprologus wauthioni Poll, 1949

Neolamprologus wauthioni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it inhabits snail shells. This species reaches a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL.[2] The specific name of this cichlid honours René Wauthion, a Provincial Commissioner in the Belgian Congo during the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika of 1946–1947, this expedition collected the type.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus wauthioni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60595A12374333. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60595A12374333.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Neolamprologus wauthioni" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1575620
* Wikispecies: Neolamprologus wauthioni
* CoL: 46K4C
* EoL: 217170
* FishBase: 8760
* GBIF: 2371781
* iNaturalist: 106785
* IRMNG: 11082471
* ITIS: 648829
* IUCN: 60595
* NCBI: 420109
* WoRMS: 1014283

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