Haplochromis beadlei

Haplochromis beadlei is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Nabugabo in Uganda. This species reaches a length of 11.8 centimetres (4.6 in) SL.[2] Its specific name honours the chemist and zoologist on the 1930-1931 Cambridge Expedition to the East African Lakes, during which the type of this species was collected, Leonard C. Beadle.[3]

Haplochromis beadlei

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. beadlei
Binomial name
Haplochromis beadlei
Trewavas, 1933
Synonyms
  • Paralabidochromis beadlei (Trewavas, 1933)

References

  1. Kaufman, L. (1996). "Haplochromis beadlei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16115A5390303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16115A5390303.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis beadlei" 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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