Haplochromis spekii

Haplochromis spekii is a species of cichlid found in Lake Victoria and the adjacent reaches of the Nile. This species reaches a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.[2] The specific name of this species honours John Henning Speke (1827-1864), the English explorer who, with James Augustus Grant, discovered a major source of the Nile was Lake Victoria.[3]

Haplochromis spekii

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. spekii
Binomial name
Haplochromis spekii
(Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Harpagochromis spekii (Boulenger, 1906)
  • Pelmatochromis spekii Boulenger, 1906
  • Paratilapia serranus (Pfeffer, 1896)
  • Haplochromis serranoides Regan, 1922

References
  1. Witte, F. & de Zeeuw, M.P. (2010). "Haplochromis spekii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60539A12377517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60539A12377517.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis spekii" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. 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 13 December 2018.


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