Astatotilapia bloyeti

Astatotilapia bloyeti is a species of haplochromine cichlid from the coastal river systems of Tanzania. Reports from other areas of Africa are considered to refer to related species.[2] The IUCN considers it to be endemic to the Pangani River and includes Kenya in its range.[1] This species taxonomic status is uncertain and some authorities place it in the genus Haplochromis while others retain it in Astatotilapia. This taxonomic uncertainty has led the IUCN to classify this species conservation status as Data Deficient. The specific name honours the collector of the type, Capitaine A. Bloyet, chief of the French research station at "Kandôa, Tanzania".[3]

Astatotilapia bloyeti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Astatotilapia
Species:
A. bloyeti
Binomial name
Astatotilapia bloyeti
Sauvage, 1883
Synonyms
  • Hemichromis bloyeti Sauvage, 1883
  • Haplochromis bloyeti (Sauvage, 1883)
  • Paratilapia bloyeti (Sauvage, 1883)
  • Tilapia bloyeti (Sauvage, 1883)
  • Ctenochromis strigigena Pfeffer, 1893
  • Astatotilapia strigigena (Pfeffer, 1893)
  • Chromis strigigena (Pfeffer, 1893)
  • Haplochromis strigigena (Pfeffer, 1893)
  • Tilapia strigigena (Pfeffer, 1893)
  • Tilapia sparsidens Hilgendorf, 1905
  • Astatotilapia sparsidens (Hilgendorf, 1905)
  • Haplochromis sparsidens (Hilgendorf, 1905)
  • Paratilapia kilossana Steindachner, 1914

References
  1. Hanssens, M. (2016). "Haplochromis bloyeti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60412A92504343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T60412A92504343.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Astatotilapia bloyeti" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. 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 28 November 2018.
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