Haplochromis ishmaeli

Haplochromis ishmaeli is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria though it may now be extinct in the wild. This species can reach a length of 13.6 centimetres (5.4 in) SL.[2] A captive "insurance" population is maintained.[3] The specific name honours one George Ishmael who was an interpreter at the Police Court in Entebbe, who gave valuable assistance to the Swiss ornithologist who collected type, Edward Degen, while he was in Uganda.[4]

Haplochromis ishmaeli

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. ishmaeli
Binomial name
Haplochromis ishmaeli
Boulenger, 1906
Synonyms

Labrochromis ishmaeli (Boulenger, 1906)

References

  1. Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P. & Brooks, E. (2010). "Haplochromis ishmaeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T11074A3249894. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T11074A3249894.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis ishmaeli" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. McAndrews, R.; and D.I. Warmolts (25 May 2015). Progress in breeding freshwater fish. Boston Aquarium Society. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. 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 9 December 2018.


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