Haplochromis schubotzi is a species of cichlid found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda where it occurs in Lake George, Lake Edward and the Kazinga Channel. This species reaches a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) SL.[2] Its specific name honours the German zoologist Johann G. Hermann Schubotz (1881-1955), who was a member of the Deutsche Zentral-Afrika Expedition of 1907–1908, on which he collected many specimens of fishes, amongst which was the type of this species.[3]
Haplochromis schubotzi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Haplochromis |
Species: | H. schubotzi
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Binomial name | |
Haplochromis schubotzi Boulenger, 1914
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Synonyms | |
Psammochromis schubotzi (Boulenger, 1914) |
References
edit- ^ Twongo, T.K. (2006). "Haplochromis schubotzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60497A12365218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60497A12365218.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Haplochromis schubotzi". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ 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.