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Eponymy: Dr Narcisse Leleup (1912–2001) was an entomologist who collected in the Congo for the Tervuren Museum, Belgium (1940s & 1950s), and led the Belgian Zoological Expedition to the Galápagos Islands and Ecuador (1964–1965). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: specimens collected from Rusizi River and Lake Tanganyika basin (Ref. 80296).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 80296)
Phytophagous, feeding mainly on filamentous algae; 27.0 cm TL (Ref. 80296).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Matthes, H., 1962. Poissons nouveaux ou intéressants du lac Tanganika et du Ruanda. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sér. in-8°, Sci. Zool., 111:27-88. (Ref. 80296)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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