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Scientific Name Cyphotilapia frontosa  (Boulenger, 1906)
Common Names Frontosa
Humphead Cichlid, Tanganjika Beulenkopf (Germany)
Type Locality Kigoma, Tanzania, Lake Tanganyika.
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Size 330mm or 13" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika.
African Waters, Western Rift Valley Lakes, Tanganyika (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2006.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 6, no. 1), pp 561, Pl. 37 (fig. 1)
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Last Update 2013 Nov 01 10:58 (species record created: 2011 Apr 16 23:53)