Lake Tanganyika cichlids — species, locations & maps

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Tribe / Genus: Lamprologini / Neolamprologus
Geographic distribution: Found along the Democratic Republic of Congo shoreline of Lake Tanganyika between Kibanga Bay and Katenga.
Special notes: Ad Konings places these variants within N. pulcher. However, based on correspondence with Mikael Karlsson (African Diving Ltd), these populations show a combination of characters typical of N. brichardi and N. pulcher, leading to the interpretation that this area likely represents a zone of natural hybridisation between the two species. A characteristic feature of the variants from this region is the absence of the black facial marking, meaning that neither the “T” pattern of N. brichardi nor the “((” pattern of N. pulcher is present.

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