Haplochromis barbarae

Haplochromis barbarae is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria where it may now be extinct. This species can reach a length of 10.6 centimetres (4.2 in) SL.[2] The honors Barbara Williams who illustrated many of Greenwood's papers.[3]

Haplochromis barbarae

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. barbarae
Binomial name
Haplochromis barbarae
Greenwood, 1967
Synonyms

Astatotilapia barbarae (Greenwood, 1967)

References

  1. Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P. & Brooks, E. (2010). "Haplochromis barbarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T2193A9340864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T2193A9340864.en. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis barbarae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 Aug 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 December 2018.


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