Lepidiolamprologus hecqui is a species of shell-living cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. This species can reach a length of 8cm (03inches) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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.[1]