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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