Neolamprologus Bifasciatus
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''Neolamprologus bifasciatus'' 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 ...
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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 at depths from 30 to 45 meters at the bottom edge of the rocky habitat where it meets the sandy and or muddy substrate. It is rarely found in water less than 30 meters deep. it is most often seen by itself. 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 ...
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References

*Büscher, H. H., 1993. Neolamprologus bifasciatus n. sp.: ein neuer Tanganijkasee-Cichlide (Cichlidae, Lamprologini). D.A.T.Z. 46(6):385–389. bifasciatus Taxa named by Heinz Heinrich Büscher Fish described in 1993 Fish of Lake Tanganyika {{Lamprologini-stub