Illustration
Illustration of Haplochromis cavifrons as it appears in Boulenger, George Albert; 1907; "The Fishes of the Nile"; Zoology of Egypt; London; 2 vols; pp. 1-578, Pls. A-F, I-XCVII. Photo by J Green. Sent by Ad Konings.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis

Status
valid


Haplochromis cavifrons (Hilgendorf, 1888)

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Original description as Paratilapia cavifrons:

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  • Hilgendorf, F. M. 1888. "Fische aus dem Victoria-Nyanza (Ukerewe-See), gesammelt von dem verstorbenen Dr. G. A. Fischer". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde in Berlin. pp. 75-79 (crc00096)
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Conservation: Haplochromis cavifrons is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (DD) data deficient (2010).