Grammatotria lemairii

Grammatotria lemairii is found throughout Lake Tanganyika, inhabiting sandy bottoms at depths ranging from 5 to 75 meters.

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Grammatotria lemairii

Grammatotria lemairii was first described by Boulenger in 1899. The name Grammatotria originates from ancient Greek, consisting of two parts: ‘gramma,’ which means mark or signal, and ‘tria,’ which means tree.

Biotope

Grammatotria lemairii is found throughout Lake Tanganyika, inhabiting sandy bottoms at depths ranging from 5 to 75 meters.

Diet

The diet of Grammatotria lemairii mainly consists of invertebrates and snails, which they catch from the sand. In aquariums, they can be fed shrimp, krill, and mysis.

Resources

Back to Nature Gids voor Tanganyika Cichliden – Ad Konings

Author

John de Lange

Copyright images

Sue – Suephoto.com (original website no longer online)

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Additional information

Family

Genus

Species

lemairii

Synonym

Parectodus hemelrycki

First described by

George Albert Boulenger

Breeding behaviour

Diet

Origin

Country

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ecosystem

Minimum length

22

Length maximum

26

Temperature minimum

23

Temperature maximum

27

pH minimum

7.5

pH maximum

8.5

GH minimum

7

GH max

30