Freshly collected male from Nwanza Gulf
Freshly collected male of Haplochromis antleter from Nwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria [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.. determiner Frans Witte

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis

Status
valid


Curator

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Last updated on:
13-Dec-2010

Haplochromis antleter Mietes & Witte, 2010

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Original description as Haplochromis antleter:

ZooBank:BA2A2479-AD27-46D6-BAE6-23ABAEC55BD3.

  • de Zeeuw, Marnix P & M. Mietes, P. Niemantsverdriet, S. ter Huurne & F. Witte. 2010. "Seven new species of detritivorous and phytoplanktivorous haplochromines from Lake Victoria". Zoologische Mededelingen. 84: 201-250 (2010) (crc02729) (abstract)

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