Haplochromis guiarti

Haplochromis guiarti is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria though it may now be extinct. This species can reach a length of 17.7 centimetres (7.0 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the French parasitologist Jules Guiart (1870-1965), who was a friend of Jacques Pellegrin's.[3]

Haplochromis guiarti

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. guiarti
Binomial name
Haplochromis guiarti
(Pellegrin, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia guiarti Pellegrin, 1904
  • Astatotilapia guiarti (Pellegrin, 1904)
  • Harpagochromis guiarti (Pellegrin, 1904)
  • Paratilapia guiarti (Pellegrin, 1904)
  • Haplochromis nigroventralis Lohberger, 1929

References
  1. Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P. (2010). "Haplochromis guiarti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60532A12375463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60532A12375463.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis guiarti" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 Aug 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 December 2018.


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