Haplochromis welcommei
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| Haplochromis welcommei Greenwood, 1966
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Allochromis welcommei (Greenwood, 1966) | |
Haplochromis welcommei is a threatened species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria in Africa. This species reaches a length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) SL.[2] Although considered possibly extinct by the IUCN on the basis that there are no records from Lake Victoria since 1985,[1] the species was recorded during a survey in 1995 in Lake Nawampasa, a small satellite lake of Lake Kyoga,[3] itself connected to Lake Victoria until the completion of the Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station in 1954.[4]
It is the only scale-eating cichlid in the Lake Victoria system.[3]
References
- ^ a b Witte, F., de Zeeuw, M.P. & Brooks, E. 2010. Allochromis welcommei. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 April 2013.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis welcommei" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ a b Newman, L: Cichlid Conservation in Uganda. Cichlid-Forum. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ McClanahan, T.; and T.P. Young (1996). East African Ecosystems and Their Conservation. Pp. 201—206. ISBN 978-0195108170
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