Illustration
Illustration of Haplochromis dentex as it appears on Fig. 63 page 92 of Greenwood, P.H. 1974 The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Victoria: The biology and evolution of a species flock. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Supplement.Photo by anonymous . Sent by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis

Status
valid


Haplochromis dentex Regan, 1922

Original description as Haplochromis dentex:

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  • Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Victoria". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 1: pp. 157-191 (crc00355)

Conservation: Haplochromis dentex is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (CR) critically endangered (2010).

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