[4][2] Limnotilapia dardennii is widely distributed in Lake Tanganyika and it also occurs in the delta of the Malagarasi River.

It occurs in Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

[1] Limnotilapia dardennii lives close to the shore, preferring sandy areas to rocky zones.

[5] This species is fished for human consumption, mostly using beach seines, it is also threatened by increased sedimentation of the inshore waters of Lake Tanganyika caused by erosion in the watersheds of the inflowing rivers.

[2] The specific name hours the painter Léon Dardenne (1865-1912) who was an illustrator on the Congo Free State expedition to Lake Tanganyika on which the type of this species was collected.