Lophiobagrus
cyclurus (Worthington & Ricardo, 1937)
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Concealed mostly among
rocks during daytime. Nocturnal habits prevail. Oviparous. Feed
on chironomid larvae, beetle larvae and small crustaceans with
occasional ingestion of vegetable material. Of no food value.
Mucus is poisonous to other fishes. It was first collected in
Lake Tanganyika by A.Lestrade in 1937 and named by Max Poll in
1947 as Lophiobagrus lestradei, Worthington & Ricardo
1937. This was later found out to be a junior synonym and renamed
Lophiobagrus cyclurus by Poll again in 1952. There was
also an unidentified collection in 1955 in M'Toto, rocky, Lake
Tanganyika which was named Chrysichthys cyclurus but again
this was the same fish that was collected by Lestrade in 1937.
As the first collection was the correct fish but was named for
the wrong species, the authors which the fish were named after,
was put into parentheses. |
| Common
Name: |
African bullhead,
Tanganyika bullhead |
| Synonyms: |
Chrysichthys cyclurus,
Lophiobagrus lestradei |
| Family: |
Claroteidae blycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Africa:
Lake Tanganyika |
| Size:
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10cm.
(4ins) |
| Temp: |
23-26°C
(73-79°F) |
| p.H. |
7.5-8.0. |
| Reference: |
ScotCat Factsheet
no. 72. June 2002.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version
(10/2009). |
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Family:
Claroteidae
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