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Cichlidae
compressed cichlid
Altolamprologus compressiceps
A compressed body slips into Tanganyika crevices
- Tropical
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Smallcompressed cichlid is a freshwater fish from Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 12.3 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Altolamprologus
- Maximum length
- 12.3 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: Endemic to and widely distributed in Lake Tanganyika.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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