Male from lake Victoria
A male of Haplochromis piceatus from Lake Victoria in the aquarium. Photo by Mark Smith. (22-Feb-2005).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis


Last updated on:
14-Sep-2007

Haplochromis piceatus Greenwood & Gee, 1969

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Original description as Haplochromis piceatus:

ZooBank:9ECA6760-0E52-4B95-80DF-46F4EB18672B.

  • Greenwood, Peter Humphry & J.M. Gee. 1969. "A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part VII". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. 18:1:1-65 (crc01014)

Conservation: Haplochromis piceatus is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.