Haplochromis
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 Haplochromis latifasciata is critically endangered.[1]
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Haplochromis is the largest genus of fish in the family Cichlidae, many of which are endemic to Lake Victoria in East Africa.[2] The introduction of Nile perch to Lake Victoria from 1954, lead to the extinction of approximately 200 Haplochromis species, and many others remain either threatened or critically endangered.[3] Some species, including a number of haplochromine cichlids from Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi, have been moved from Haplochromis to other cichlid genera including: Astatilapia, Pseudocrenilabrus and Pundamilia.[3]
[edit] Species
As of 2007 there are 213 described species.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Kaufman L (1996) Haplochromis latifasciata. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ a b Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. Haplochromis. FishBase. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
- ^ a b Linke H, Staeck L (1994) African cichlids II: Cichlids from East Africa. A handbook for their identification, care and breeding. Tetra Press. Germany. ISBN 1-56465-167-3
- ^ van Oijen & de Zeeuw (2008). "Haplochromis vonlinnei spec. nov., a piscivorous haplochromine cichlid (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria, Tanzania". Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 82 (1-23): 167-175.
