Collecting site in Lake Tanganyika
Luhanga
Only species with a profile on Seriously Fish are counted.
- Species
- 3
- Families
- 1
- Photographed
- 3 of 3
- Difficulty rated
- 3 of 3
Lake
Basin
Other sites in Lake Tanganyikaspecies recorded at both
Cyphotilapia frontosaHumphead Cichlid
Cichlidae · (Boulenger, 1906)
The humphead cichlid, Cyphotilapia frontosa, is a large cichlid endemic to the northern portion of Lake Tanganyika. Known in the hobby as 'frontosa' or 'front', it grows to 255 mm SL and is gregarious, forming a dominance hierarchy in groups of at least five. Populations are usually labelled by locality to preserve pure bloodlines, and forms referred to as 'Blue Zaire' belong to its only congener, C. gibberosa.
Neolamprologus olivaceous
Cichlidae · authority not recorded
Neolamprologus olivaceous is a cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it is found only in Luhanga Bay. A member of the so-called 'Brichardi complex', it hybridises freely with the others and should not be mixed with them in aquaria. The two curved markings on the gill cover distinguish it within the complex, and Konings (1993) proposed that it may be synonymous with N. pulcher.
Julidochromis transcriptusMasked Julie
Cichlidae · Matthes, 1959
The masked julie, Julidochromis transcriptus, is a small cichlid endemic to the rocky coastal zones of northwestern Lake Tanganyika. It is known from between Luhanga and Makabola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and grows to around 65 mm SL.