Haplochromis scheffersi

Haplochromis scheffersi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Kivu on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. This species reaches a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) SL.[2] The specific name of this species honours W. Scheffers who was the Director of the FAO Project for Fisheries Development at Lake Kivu when the authors were collecting at that lake.[3]

Haplochromis scheffersi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. scheffersi
Binomial name
Haplochromis scheffersi
Snoeks, De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1987

References

  1. Snoeks, J. (2006). "Haplochromis scheffersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60502A12370165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60502A12370165.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis scheffersi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 August 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 December 2018.


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