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Scientific Name	**Lacustricola maculatus** (Klausewitz, 1957)
Common Name	Spotted Lampeye
Type Locality	Soga, near Dar es Salam, Tanganyika.
Synonym(s)	Aplocheilichthys maculatus, Aplocheilichthys maculatus maculatus, Micropanchax maculatus, Micropanchax maculatus maculatus
Pronunciation	mak yoo lat uss
Etymology	maculatus from Latin, in reference to its spotted appearance
Species Information
Size	35mm or 1.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Ruvu river drainage, eastern Tanzania; also Kenya.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 38 (nos 5/6), pp 281, Fig. 2
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 13:04 (species record created: 2011 Apr 16 07:02)