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Hoplotilapia retrodens is a species of fish endemic to Lake Victoria in East Africa.[2] The species is the only representative of the monotypic genus Hoplotilapia, and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae.[2] The species is listed by the IUCN as extinct,[3] though Harrison and Stiassny (1999) consider its status unresolved.[4]
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- ^ Hilgendorf FM (1888) Fische aus dem Victoria-Nyanza (Ukerewe-See), gesammelt von dem verstorbenen Dr. G. A. Fischer. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 75-79
- ^ a b Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.. Hoplotilapia retrodens. FishBase. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
- ^ Kaufman, L. 1996. Hoplotilapia retrodens. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 April 2007
- ^ Harrison, I.J. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 1999. The Quiet Crisis. A preliminary listing of the freshwater fishes of the world that are Extinct or "Missing in Action". In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp. 271-331. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
