''Neolamprologus gracilis'' 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 ...
to
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 known from
Cape Kapampa on the western coast and on the eastern coast from the area of coast below the
Mahale Mountains
The Mahale Mountains are a mountain range in Uvinza District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The mountains are on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. They rise to to Mount Nkungwe, Uvinza's highest point.
The range was once the ancestral h ...
.
The type locality is Cape Kapampa, Lake Tanganyika.
This species can reach a length of
TL.
References
gracilis
Taxa named by Pierre Brichard
Fish described in 1989
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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