Cichlidae

Neolamprologus savoryi

Neolamprologus savoryi

Eight Centimeters Cichlid of Lake Tanganyika

• Tropical
• Local endemic species
• Single-lake endemic
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Small
• Tropical fish

Neolamprologus savoryi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species reaches a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. The specific name of this cichlid honours Bryan Wyman Savory (1904-1988) who was the District Commissioner of Kigoma in the Tanganyika Territory during the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika of 1946–1947, this expedition collected the type.