Lepidiolamprologus hecqui is a species of shell-living cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.

This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.

[2] The specific name of this fish honours the Belgian soldier and anti-slave trade campaigner Lieutenant Célestin Hecq (1859–1910) who collected a specimen of the catfish Auchenoglanis scutatus in the mouth of which the type of this species was discovered.

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