Male in the aquarium
Male of Haplochromis rubescens from Lake Kivu [Democratic Republic of Congo] in the aquarium of Oliver Lucanus [Canada]. Photo by Oliver Lucanus. (05-Mar-2018).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis

Status
valid


Last updated on:
28-Sep-2007

Haplochromis rubescens Snoeks, 1994

Ifuro; Red Kivu haplo.

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Original description as Haplochromis rubescens:

ZooBank:CF560095-644D-471F-AE23-445A0CBC6FB4.

  • Snoeks, Jos. 1994. "The haplochromines (Teleostei, Cichlidae) of Lake Kivu (East Africa): a taxonomic revision with notes on their ecology". Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Série Zoology). v. 270 pp. 1-221 (crc01419)

Conservation: Haplochromis rubescens is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).