Tropheus brichardi

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Tropheus brichardi
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Tropheini
Genus: Tropheus
Species: T. brichardi
Binomial name
Tropheus brichardi
Nelissen & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1975

Tropheus brichardi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it prefers areas with substrates of solid rock in the central portion of the lake. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. Bigirimana, C. 2006. Tropheus brichardi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 June 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Tropheus brichardi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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