Bathybates leo

Bathybates leo
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Bathybates
Species:	B. leo
Binomial name
Bathybates leo Poll, 1956

Bathybates leo is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it forms schools and feeds mainly on clupeids.[2]

References

1. Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Bathybates leo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60471A12369625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60471A12369625.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathybates leo". FishBase. October 2018 version.