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Bathybates
Sign in to saveBathybates is a genus of piscivorous cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The genus includes both pelagic species that mainly feed on Tanganyika sardines and benthic species that mainly feed on other cichlids. They are some of the deepest-living cichlids, regularly occurring down to .
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
Vissen Bathybates is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de cichliden (Cichlidae). Soorten Bathybates fasciatus Boulenger, 1901 Bathybates ferox Boulenger, 1898 Bathybates graueri Steindachner, 1911 Bathybates hornii Steindachner, 1911 Bathybates leo Poll, 1956 Bathybates minor Boulenger, 1906 Bathybates vittatus Boulenger, 1914
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Collections
- CUMV, YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, Dr Congo, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
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Bathybates is a genus of piscivorous cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The genus includes both pelagic species that mainly feed on Tanganyika sardines and benthic species that mainly feed on other cichlids. They are some of the deepest-living cichlids, regularly occurring down to .
They are elongated in shape with a silvery color and a dark spotted or striped pattern. Depending on the species involved, they reach lengths of up to .
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