''Lepidiolamprologus variostigma'' is a species of

cichlid Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted this ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...

where it is usually found around 45 meters. It is found on the Democratic Republic of the Congo coast line. This species can reach a length of TL. This species can also be found in the

aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...

trade.

References

*Büscher, H.H., 1995. Ein neuer Cichlide von der zairischen Küste des Tanganjikasees Neolamprologus variostigma n. sp. (Cichlidae, Lamprologini). Datz 48(12):794–797. variostigma Taxa named by Heinz Heinrich Büscher Fish described in 1995 Fish of Lake Tanganyika {{Lamprologini-stub