Neolamprologus leloupi

Neolamprologus leloupi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Neolamprologus
Species:	N. leloupi
Binomial name
	Neolamprologus leloupi; (Poll, 1948)
Synonyms
	Lamprologus leloupi Poll, 1948;

Neolamprologus leloupi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species reaches a length of 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] The specific name honours the malacologist Eugène Leloup (1902-1981), chief of the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika in 1946–1947, the type being collected during this expedition.[3]

Not to be confused with Neolamprologus leleupi.

References

Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus leloupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60592A12373886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60592A12373886.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Neolamprologus leloupi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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 30 January 2019.

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[1] Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus leloupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60592A12373886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60592A12373886.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Neolamprologus leloupi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

[ETYFish-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 30 January 2019.