Africa: endemic to Lake Tanganyika, lake-wide distribution (Ref. 48629). 非洲: 坦噶尼喀湖的特有種。
大小 / 重量 / 年齡
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm TL 雄魚/尚未辨別雌雄; (Ref. 5716)
Belongs to the deepwater benthic community (Ref. 53528). Scale-eater (Ref. 7343, 46829), specialized on larger prey such as Bathybates species (Ref. 46829). Copepods have also been found in the stomach (Ref. 53528). Specimens have been caught at a depth of 100 m deep (Ref. 4967, 53528). Little is known of its breeding technique (Ref. 48629).
吃鱗片的魚類.(參考文獻 7343)
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 仔魚
Poll, M., 1956. Exploration hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947). Résultats scientifiques. Volume III, fascicule 5B. Poissons Cichlidae. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles. 619 pp. (Ref. 53528)