Xenochromis hecqui

Xenochromis hecqui is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family.

The Xenochromis hecqui lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

Xenochromis hecqui is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is found only in Lake Tanganyika, east Africa. Source - * Bigirimana, C. 2005. Xenochromis hecqui. More

Conservation: Xenochromis hecqui is evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as (DD) Data deficient (2006). More

El Xenochromis hecqui también se alimenta de plancton además de las escamas. Ello implica que el ancestro común de los come-escamas se trataba de un pez carnívoro casi con total seguridad. More

Common names

Turpasuomunsyöjä in Finnish (suomen kieli)
赫氏奇丽鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
赫氏奇麗魚 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Cichlidae
Genus : Xenochromis
Species : Xenochromis hecqui
Authority : Boulenger, 1899