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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae Cichlids
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Neolamprologus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Neolamprologus bifasciatus Africa 10 TL 1993
Neolamprologus brevis Africa 5.5 TL 1899
Neolamprologus brichardi Africa 9 TL 1974
Neolamprologus buescheri Africa 8 TL 1983
Neolamprologus cancellatus Africa 5.7 SL 2005
Neolamprologus caudopunctatus Africa 6.5 TL 1978
Neolamprologus chitamwebwai Africa 7.3 SL 2007
Neolamprologus christyi Africa 15 TL 1952
Neolamprologus crassus Africa 7 TL 1989
Neolamprologus cunningtoni Africa 29.1 TL 1906
Neolamprologus cylindricus Africa 10.4 TL 1986
Neolamprologus devosi Africa 5.7 SL 2003
Neolamprologus falcicula Africa 8.1 TL 1989
Neolamprologus fasciatus Africa 15 TL 1898
Neolamprologus furcifer Africa 15 TL 1898
Neolamprologus gracilis Africa 9 TL 1989
Neolamprologus helianthus Africa 5.7 SL 1997
Neolamprologus leleupi Africa 10 TL 1956
Neolamprologus leloupi Africa 6.1 TL 1948
Neolamprologus longicaudatus Africa 8.6 SL 1995
Neolamprologus longior Africa 9 TL 1980
Neolamprologus marunguensis Africa 6.7 TL 1989
Neolamprologus modestus Africa 12 TL 1898
Neolamprologus mondabu Africa 10.7 TL 1906
Neolamprologus multifasciatus Africa 4 TL 1906
Neolamprologus mustax Africa 9 TL 1978
Neolamprologus niger Africa 9 TL 1956
Neolamprologus nigriventris Africa 10.3 TL 1992
Neolamprologus obscurus Africa 8.2 TL 1978
Neolamprologus olivaceous Africa 6 TL 1989
Neolamprologus pectoralis Africa 14 TL 1991
Neolamprologus petricola Africa 14 TL 1949
Neolamprologus pleuromaculatus Africa 12 TL 1952
Neolamprologus prochilus Africa 17 TL 1977
Neolamprologus pulcher Africa 7.2 TL 1952
Neolamprologus savoryi Africa 8 TL 1949
Neolamprologus schreyeni Africa 5 TL 1974
Neolamprologus sexfasciatus Africa 15 TL 1952
Neolamprologus similis Africa 5 TL 1992
Neolamprologus splendens Africa 8 TL 1989
Neolamprologus tetracanthus Fourspine cichlid Africa 20 TL 1899
Neolamprologus timidus Africa 10 SL 2014
Neolamprologus toae Africa 12 TL 1949
Neolamprologus tretocephalus Africa 15 TL 1899
Neolamprologus ventralis Africa 8 TL 1995
Neolamprologus walteri Africa 5.7 SL 2007
Neolamprologus wauthioni Africa 5.5 TL 1949



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