Male in the aquarium
A male of Haplochromis thereuterion in the aquarium of Stan Kislyuk; Duesseldorf [Germany]. Photo by Stan Kislyuk. (20-Oct-2004). determiner Stan Kislyuk

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis


Haplochromis thereuterion van Oijen & Witte, 1996

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Original description as Haplochromis thereuterion:

ZooBank:37696932-312D-4CFD-B1C2-EAF7760667BA.

  • van Oijen, Martien J.P & F. Witte. 1996. "Taxonomical and ecological description of a species complex of zooplanktivorous and insectivorous cichlids from Lake Victoria". Zool. Verh. (Leiden). 1-56 (crc00361)

Conservation: Haplochromis thereuterion is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2010).