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Altolamprologus calvus (Poll, 1978)

Description

Common Names

  • Helmikuonoahven , Finnish , Finland
  • 珍珠亮丽鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 珍珠亮麗鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cichliformes

    Family: Cichlidae

    Genus: Altolamprologus

    Species: Altolamprologus calvus (Poll, 1978)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: endemic to Lake Tanganyika, found in the southwestern part of the lake (Ref. 46829, 52921).

    • Biology

    Deep and laterally very compressed body wih permits it to enter narrow cracks and shallow caves; feeds mainly on shrimps and other crustaceans; stalker which cruises through rocky habitat maintaining a distance of between 30 and 100 cm between themselves and substrate (Ref. 46829).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic