Neolamprologus Walteri
📖 Overview
Highly stenotopic, restricted to rocky habitat and prefers sheltered areas; habitat features gentle slopes with small stones or rubble, cemented by calcite, with fine sediment in spaces between rubble, and stones with stromatolite growth; often associated with bivalve shell accumulations covering large areas (always Pleiodon spekii), shells are cemented together and provide many small spaces for refuge and breeding; most common at 7 to 15 m depth and locally very abundant; excavates crevices that function as refuges; substrate spawner forming large congregations; ingests sediment or plankton; poor disperser; home range 20-200 cm in diameter .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 18 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 5 - 7; Anal soft rays: 5 - 7; Vertebrae: 30 - 31. Diagnosis: interorbital width 14.8–22.1% HL; preorbital depth 11.8–16.9% HL; caudal peduncle depth 11.3–13.2% SL; predorsal fin length 29.2–34.0% SL; preorbital depth 11.8–16.9%; HL; 6-9 gill rakers; 33–35 scales in longitudinal series; no scales on occiput; no scales on paired fins; no ctenoid scales on dorsal and anal fins; 2 scales between upper and lower lateral lines; 16 scales around caudal peduncle; cephalic pits present; 13 pectoral fin rays; 8-10 dorsal soft rays; 4-8 (mode 8) canines in upper and 4-7 (mode 6) in lower on anterior part of dental arcade; pronounced markings on dorsal and caudal fins; distinct pattern on unpaired fins; no markings on operculum; no bars on body; no conspicuous spots on scales; juveniles drab grey-brown with bluish dorsal and anal fins and vertical bars on body . : short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Neolamprologus Walteri is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 2 - 30 m , usually 7 - 15 m . Tropical endemic to Lake Tanganyika, found on the eastern coast of the lake, from near the Burundi border with Tanzania in the north, to Cape Kabogo in the south (Ref.
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