Haplochromis schubotzi
Haplochromis schubotzi is a species of cichlid found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda where it occurs in Lake George, Lake Edward and the Kazinga Channel. This species reaches a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) SL.[2] Its specific name honours the German zoologist Johann G. Hermann Schubotz (1881-1955), who was a member of the Deutsche Zentral-Afrika Expedition of 1907–1908, on which he collected many specimens of fishes, amongst which was the type of this species.[3]
| Haplochromis schubotzi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Haplochromis |
| Species: | H. schubotzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Haplochromis schubotzi Boulenger, 1914 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Psammochromis schubotzi (Boulenger, 1914) | |
References
- Twongo, T.K. (2006). "Haplochromis schubotzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60497A12365218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60497A12365218.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis schubotzi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 August 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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