Freshly collected male
An individual of Haplochromis fischeri freshly collected at Mwanza Gulf [Tanzania]. The fish belongs to the anker and Barel 1977 collection and remain preserved at the British Museum of Natural History.Photo by Anker, G.C. & Barel, C.N.D..

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis

Status
valid


Last updated on:
29-Nov-2008

Haplochromis fischeri Seegers, 2008

Original description as Haplochromis (Ptyochromis) fischeri:

ZooBank:105720FE-B785-4751-8EC3-1CB387A37E6C.

  • Seegers, Lothar. 2008. "The Fishes Collected by G. A. Fischer in East Africa in 1883 and 1885/86". Zoosystematics and Evolution. v. 84(n. 2), pp. 149-195 (crc01698) (abstract)
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Conservation: Haplochromis fischeri is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2010).

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