Lamprologus lemairii

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Lamprologus lemairii.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bigirimana, C. |date=2006 |title=Lamprologus lemairii |volume=2006 |page=e.T60551A12378747 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60551A12378747.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Lamprologus lemairii

| authority = Boulenger, 1899

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Lamprologus lemairii is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it prefers to lurk by rocks or on the lake bed waiting for fish to prey on. This species can reach a length of {{convert|25|cm|in}} TL.{{FishBase |genus= Lamprologus|species= lemairii| month = February | year = 2013}} The specific name of this fish honours the leader of the Congo Free State expedition which collected the type, Lieutenant Charles Lemaire (1863-1925).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae4/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o) | accessdate = 28 January 2019 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 4 December 2018}}