Haplochromis welcommei

Haplochromis welcommei is a threatened species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria in Africa. This species reaches a length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) SL.[2] Although further surveys are needed to confirm its status, it is considered possibly extinct by the IUCN on the basis that there have been no definite records since 1985.[1]

Haplochromis welcommei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. welcommei
Binomial name
Haplochromis welcommei
Greenwood, 1966
Synonyms

Allochromis welcommei (Greenwood, 1966)

It is the only scale-eating cichlid in the Lake Victoria system.[3]

The specific name honours Robin Welcomme, who was a fisheries biologist at the East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation and who collected the type of this species.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P.; Brooks, E. (2016). "Haplochromis welcommei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T872A97101653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T872A97101653.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Haplochromis welcommei". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Newman, L: Cichlid Conservation in Uganda. Cichlid-Forum. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order Cichliformes: Family Cichlidae: Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 December 2018.