Neolamprologus cancellatus, a new cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika, Africa |
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| Authors: | Mitsuto Aibara Tetsumi Takahashi Kazuhiro Nakaya |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Marine Biology and Biodiversity (Systematic Ichthyology), Division of Marine Bioresource and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan;(2) Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Neolamprologus cancellatus, a new cichlid species, is described on the basis of eight specimens from the Zambian coast of Lake Tanganyika. The new species is characterized by a subtruncate caudal fin and a body that is slender (depth 22.3–25.2% in standard length) and easily distinguishable from its congeners by having 7–8 anal fin spines, 34–37 scales in longitudinal line, 33 total vertebrae, and a gridlike body pattern on a pale brownish body color. This species is only known to inhabit the shallow (2–7 m depth), rocky bottom of Wonzye Point in the southern part of the lake. |
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| Keywords: | Neolamprologus cancellatus New species Cichlidae Lake Tanganyika Africa |
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