Lepidiolamprologus hecqui

Lepidiolamprologus hecqui is a species of shell-living cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species can reach a length of TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.

Etymology

The specific name of this fish honours the Belgian soldier and anti-slave trade campaigner Lieutenant Célestin Hecq who collected a specimen of the catfish Auchenoglanis scutatus in the mouth of which the type of this species was discovered.