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Lake Tanganyika from space, June 1985

Lake Tanganyika is large lake in the Great Rift Valley of central Africa. The lake is divided between four countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Zambia. It is the longest fresh water lake in the world and the second deepest.

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  • View of Kagongo Ward

    Lake Tanganyika eastern Shore in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma Region, Tanzania

  • Clear lake Kagongo Ward

    Clear water lake on Lake Tanganyika in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma Region, Tanzania

  • Murky waters

    A biologist collecting samples in 2020 in the murky waters of Lake Tanganyika for a study on the diet adaptations of cichlid fishes to better understand their evolution and speciation.

  • Neolamprologus brichardi

    One of the many Tanganyika cichlids is Neolamprologus brichardi. The complex behaviors of this species and its close relative N. pulcher have been studied in detail

  • Lamprichthys tanganicanus

    The Tanganyika killifish (Lamprichthys tanganicanus) is the only member of its genus

  • Tiphobia horei 01

    The shell of the endemic thalassoid freshwater snail Tiphobia horei with its elaborate shape and spines.

  • Fishing boat in Kagongo Ward

    Fishing Boat in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma District

  • Water in Kagongo Ward

    Water in Kagongo Ward, Kigoma District

  • Bathybates ferox

    Bathybatini (E): Bathybates ferox is benthic and piscivorous, but the genus also includes pelagic species. The tribe is sometimes split in three, others being Hemibatini and Trematocarini

  • Benthochromis tricoti

    Benthochromini (E): Benthochromis horii was scientifically described in 2008, but has often been misidentifed as B. tricoti

  • DKoehl Boulengerochromis microlepis

    Boulengerochromini (E): Boulengerochromis microlepis is one of the world's largest cichlids and only member of its tribe

  • Cyphotilapia frontosa2

    Cyphotilapiini (E): Cyphotilapia frontosa, one of only two similar species in the tribe

  • Kleinschuppiger Kaerpflingsbuntbarsch Cyprichromis microlepidotus Tierpark Hellabrunn-1

    Cyprichromini (E): Cyprichromis microlepidotus and other members of this tribe are open-water planktivores

  • Eretmodus-sp-kavala1

    Eretmodini (E): Eretmodus cyanostictus lives near the bottom in the turbulent, coastal surf zone, like other members of its tribe

  • Astatotilapia burtoni

    Haplochromini: Astatotilapia burtoni is one of the few Tanganyika species, unlike other African Great Lakes where most belong to this tribe

  • Schachbrett-Schlankcichlide

    Lamprologini (E): Julidochromis marlieri is popular in the aquarium trade where members of the genus are known as "Julies"

  • Gnathochromis premaxillaris

    Limnochromini (E): Gnathochromis permaxillaris is a zooplanktivore with an unusual protractile mouth

  • Perissodus microlepis juvenile in aquarium

    Perissodini (E): Perissodus microlepis, a specialized scale-eating species

  • Oreochromis tanganicae (Günther)

    Tilapiini: Oreochromis tanganicae is one of the most common coastal species found in local fish markets

  • TropheusspRed200

    Tropheini (E): Tropheus moorii ("red" Chimba morph) is highly variable and the taxonomy of some of the morphs is questionable

See also

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