''Neolamprologus obscurus'' is a species of
cichlid
Cichlids ()
are a large, diverse, and widespread family of percomorph fish in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes. At least 1,760 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families, with on ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika ( ; ) is an African Great Lakes, African Great Lake. It is the world's List of lakes by volume, second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the List of lakes by depth, second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. ...
where it is only known from southern end of the lake where it inhabits crevices. This species reaches a length of
TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
References
obscurus
Fauna of Zambia
Taxa named by Max Poll
Fish described in 1978
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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