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  | |
| 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
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis welcommei" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Newman, L: Cichlid Conservation in Uganda. Cichlid-Forum. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- 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.
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