Haplochromis degeni
Haplochromis degeni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Platytaeniodus, but FishBase leaves it in Haplochromis pending a thorough review of that group. This species grows to a length of 15.4 centimetres (6.1 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Swiss ornithologist Edward Degen (1852-1922) who also collected fishes, including the type of this species.[3]
| Haplochromis degeni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Haplochromis |
| Species: | H. degeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Haplochromis degeni (Boulenger, 1906) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Platytaeniodus degeni Boulenger, 1906 | |
References
- Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P. & Brooks, E. (2016). "Haplochromis degeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17586A97122590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T17586A97122590.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis degeni" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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