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Life Cycle

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Typical cave spawner.
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Trophic Strategy

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Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 40115).
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Grace Tolentino Pablico
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Biology

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The contents of the intestines which were examined indicate a carnivorous diet (Ref. 7343).
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Pascualita Sa-a
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Importance

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aquarium: commercial
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Neolamprologus sexfasciatus

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Neolamprologus sexfasciatus is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to the southern half of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2] It mainly eats snails, and its pharyngeal bones and teeth are adapted to this hard-shelled prey.[1]

An aggressive mimic of this species is Plecodus straeleni, a scale-eating cichlid that is able to approach its victims by resembling a harmless species.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus sexfasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60597A12374602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60597A12374602.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Neolamprologus sexfasciatus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Boileau; Cortesi; Egger; Muschick; Indermaur; Theis; Büscher; and Salzburger (2015). A complex mode of aggressive mimicry in a scale-eating cichlid fish. Biol Lett. 11(9): 20150521. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0521
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Neolamprologus sexfasciatus: Brief Summary

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Neolamprologus sexfasciatus is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to the southern half of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. It mainly eats snails, and its pharyngeal bones and teeth are adapted to this hard-shelled prey.

An aggressive mimic of this species is Plecodus straeleni, a scale-eating cichlid that is able to approach its victims by resembling a harmless species.

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