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Scientific Name Callochromis melanostigma  (Boulenger, 1906)
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Type Locality Lake Tanganyika.
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Size 150mm or 5.9" 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 567, Pl. 39 (fig. 1)
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Last Update 2013 Dec 18 10:51 (species record created: 2011 Apr 13 09:01)