Illustration of type
Illustration of Haplochromis victorianus as it appears in figure 230 on page 342 of Boulenger, George Albert. 1915. Catalogue of the fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume III. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. i-xii + pp. 1-526. Photo by anonymous . Sent by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis

Status
valid


Last updated on:
29-Sep-2007

Haplochromis victorianus (Pellegrin, 1904)

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Original description as Paratilapia victoriana:

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  • Pellegrin, Jacques. 1904. "Diagnoses préliminaires de Poissons nouveaux du Lac Victoria, recueillis par M. Alluaud". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. pp. 184-186 (crc00359)

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