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Neolamprologus wauthioni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Neolamprologus
Species:	N. wauthioni
Binomial name
Neolamprologus wauthioni (Poll, 1949)
Synonyms
Lamprologus wauthioni Poll, 1949

Neolamprologus wauthioni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it inhabits snail shells. This species reaches a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) TL. The specific name of this cichlid honours René Wauthion, a Provincial Commissioner in the Belgian Congo during the Belgian Hydrobiological Mission to Lake Tanganyika of 1946–1947, this expedition collected the type.

References

1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus wauthioni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60595A12374333. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60595A12374333.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neolamprologus wauthioni". FishBase. February 2013 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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