Haplochromis bayoni

Haplochromis bayoni
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Haplochromis
Species:	H. bayoni
Binomial name
	Haplochromis bayoni; (Boulenger, 1909)
Synonyms
	Paratilapia bayoni Boulenger, 1909; Prognathochromis bayoni (Boulenger, 1909);

Haplochromis bayoni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. This species reaches a length of 15.4 centimetres (6.1 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Italian British physician and researcher into sleeping sickness Henry Peter Bayon (1876-1952).[3]

References

Witte, F. & de Zeeuw, M.P. (2010). "Haplochromis bayoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60722A12399061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60722A12399061.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis bayoni" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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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