Siluriformes ⇒ Claroteidae ⇒ Lophiobagrus ⇒ Lophiobagrus cyclurus
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Synonyms: Chrysichthys cyclurus, Lophiobagrus lestradei
Type Locality: Lake Tanganyika, east Africa.
Size: 80mm SL
Identification:
General Remarks: Mucus is poisonous to other fishes.
Feeding: Feed on chironomid larvae, beetle larvae and small crustaceans with occasional ingestion of vegetable material.
Furniture: Likes to hide amongst rocks during the day, active nocturnally.
Registered Keepers: None. 
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Breeding: Unreported. Care of the eggs and young is probably done by mouthbrooding solitary males.
Breeding Reports: None.
See also the Lophiobagrus cyclurus page on PlanetCatfish.com.
Last Update: 2006-08-01 07:39:37 (species record created: 2004-03-27 00:00:00)
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