Haplochromis sauvagei is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. This species reaches a length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) SL.[2] Its specific name honours the French paleontologist and ichthyologist Henri Émile Sauvage (1842-1917).[3]

Haplochromis sauvagei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. sauvagei
Binomial name
Haplochromis sauvagei
(Pfeffer, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Ctenochromis sauvagei Pfeffer, 1896
  • Ptyochromis sauvagei (Pfeffer, 1896)

References edit

  1. ^ Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P.; Brooks, E. (2010). "Haplochromis sauvagei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60667A12393156. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60667A12393156.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis sauvagei" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 August 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 December 2018.