Haplochromis adolphifrederici

Haplochromis adolphifrederici is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Kivu. It is an insectivorous, maternal mouthbrooder.[1] The specific name honours Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873-1969) the German explorer in Africa, a colonial politician and leader of a scientific research expedition in the region of the Central African Graben which traversed Africa from east to west, during which type was collected.[2]

Haplochromis adolphifrederici
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. adolphifrederici
Binomial name
Haplochromis adolphifrederici
(Boulenger, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia adolphifrederici Boulenger, 1914
  • Haplochromis murakoze Coenen, Snoeks & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1984

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Haplochromis adolphifrederici" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  2. 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 6 December 2018.
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