Haplochromis welcommei

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Haplochromis
Species: Haplochromis welcommei
Name

Haplochromis welcommei Greenwood, 1966

Holotype: BMNH 1965.8.6.1. [Paratypes: BMNH 1965.8.6.2-4 (3), 1965.8.6.5 (1). Study material: BMNH 1906.5.30.353 (1), 1907.5.7.70 (1), 1965.8.6.6-15 (10), 1965.8.6.16-17 (2), 1965.8.6.18-35 (18)].

Type locality: Near Damba Island, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], East Africa.
Synonyms

Allochromis welcommei (Greenwood, 1966)

References

Greenwood, P.H. 1966: Two new species of Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) from Lake Victoria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13), 8(89/90) [1965]: 303–318, Pl. 11.
van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996. The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen 302: 57–110. PDF. Reference page.

Links

Haplochromis welcommei in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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 further surveys are needed to confirm its status, it is considered possibly extinct by the IUCN on the basis that there have been no definite records since 1985.[1]

It is the only scale-eating cichlid in the Lake Victoria system.[3]

The specific name honours Robin Welcomme, who was a fisheries biologist at the East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation and who collected the type of this species.[4]
References

Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P.; Brooks, E. (2016). "Haplochromis welcommei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T872A97101653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T872A97101653.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis welcommei" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
Newman, L: Cichlid Conservation in Uganda. Cichlid-Forum. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order Cichliformes: Family Cichlidae: Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 December 2018.