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Bathybates
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Bathybates

Bathybates is a genus of piscivorous cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The genus includes both pelagic species that mainly feed on Tanganyika sardines and benthic species that mainly feed on other cichlids. They are some of the deepest-living cichlids, regularly occurring down to 200 m (660 ft).

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Bathybates fasciatus

speciesBathybates fasciatus

Bathybates vittatus

speciesBathybates vittatus

Bathybates graueri

speciesBathybates graueri

Bathybates minor

speciesBathybates minor

Bathybates leo

speciesBathybates leo

Bathybates ferox

speciesBathybates ferox

Bathybates hornii

speciesBathybates hornii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86875.