Haplochromis pappenheimi is a species of cichlid found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda where it occurs in Lake Edward, Lake George and the Kazinga Channel. This species can reach a length of 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the curator of fishes at the Royal Museum, Berlin Paul Pappenheim (1878-1945), who was the co-author of the paper in which this species was described.[3]
Haplochromis pappenheimi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Haplochromis |
Species: | H. pappenheimi
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Binomial name | |
Haplochromis pappenheimi (Boulenger, 1914)
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References
edit- ^ Twongo, T.K. (2006). "Haplochromis pappenheimi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60508A12372043. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60508A12372043.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Haplochromis Haplochromis". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 Aug 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 December 2018.