Neolamprologus sexfasciatus
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Neolamprologus sexfasciatus is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to the southern half of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It can reach a length of Script error: No such module "convert". TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1] It mainly eats snails, and its pharyngeal bones and teeth are adapted to this hard-shelled prey.[2]
An aggressive mimic of this species is Plecodus straeleni, a scale-eating cichlid that is able to approach its victims by resembling a harmless species.[3]
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- ↑ Boileau; Cortesi; Egger; Muschick; Indermaur; Theis; Büscher; and Salzburger (2015). A complex mode of aggressive mimicry in a scale-eating cichlid fish. Biol Lett. 11(9): 20150521. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
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