Lake Tanganyika cichlids PDF Print E-mail
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Lake Tanganyika is 650 km long, up to 80 km wide in parts it is the second largest lake of

Africa and the sixth largest lake in the world.

Water parameters:PH: 8.6-9.2Temperature: 23.5c-27c

There are 37 cichlids genera and 165 species. Some of the cichlids are mouthbrooders wile other

are open spawners.

Most species in the lake belong to the genera Lamprologus and neolamprologus.

 

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photo by: DAVIDKA