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Neolamprologus marunguensis "Kapampa"

Kapampa — kah-PAHM-pah (approx.)

The fish

How this cichlid is built, and everything about how it lives, eats and breeds, is shared with the species — this page doesn't repeat it.

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Specific to Kapampa

  • Collection locality & coordinates
  • Local coloration — best judged from the living-fish photo
  • Kept as a single-provenance line, never crossed with other collection points

Care facts below are the species' — shared with Neolamprologus marunguensis.

IUCNLEAST CONCERN · 2025
CARESNOT LISTED
Scientific size3.1 in8 cm total length
Temperature73–81 °F23–27 °C
pH7.4–8.4alkaline
Depth82–115 ft25–35 m
DietMicropredator; zooplankton, insect larvae, and small crustaceans (copepods) gleaned from the water column and rock surfaces
BreedingCave spawner (substrate brooder)30–60 fry
Sexual dimorphismYesMales average slightly larger and develop longer fin filaments; no reliable color difference
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

The Kapampa population

Neolamprologus marunguensis "Kapampa" is the Kapampa population of Neolamprologus marunguensis, a geographic colour form from the Democratic Republic of the Congo coast of Lake Tanganyika in the north-central part of the lake. It is the same species as Neolamprologus marunguensis, distinguished by its collection locality and local coloration; aquarists keep and breed it as a discrete, provenance-labelled line.

Colour reference: living Kapampa fish at tanganyika.si →

About the species

Neolamprologus marunguensis is a small, lyretail-finned cichlid endemic to the rocky southern shores of Lake Tanganyika, where it hugs deeper reef faces than most of its relatives. A member of the much-loved "Princess" or brichardi–pulcher group, it stands out for its pale beige body, brilliant blue eyes, and a depth preference that may have helped keep it genetically distinct. DNA work has even raised the intriguing possibility that the species arose through ancient hybridization between two of its neighbors.

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Sources

  1. tanganyika.si — Neolamprologus marunguensis "Kapampa"
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes — Neolamprologus marunguensis
  3. FishBase — Neolamprologus marunguensis (Büscher, 1989)
  4. Büscher, H.H. 1989. Ein neuer Tanganjika-Cichlide aus Zaire. Neolamprologus marunguensis n. sp. DATZ 42(12):739–743
  5. Sturmbauer et al. 2010 / Evolutionary history of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini
  6. O'Reilly et al. 2003 — Climate change decreases aquatic ecosystem productivity of Lake Tanganyika (Nature)