Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx van Oijen, 1991
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Haplochromis "redback" van Oijen, 1982
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1983
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Lake Victoria, East Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
RMNH 30010 (Holotype)
There are 56 other specimens in various museum collections (see: http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getname.asp&rank=species&id=60374), including:
MNHN 1987-1669 (male): collector unknown (1983) from Lake Victoria in East Africa (original webpage is in French: http://coldb.mnhn.fr/CatalogNumber/MNHN/IC/1987-1669)
BMNH 1987.2.4.16 and17 (sex not specified): collected by H.E.S.T. (1987) from Lake Victoria, East Africa (http://www.fishbase.org/museum/SpecOccurrences.php?catnum2=144912)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
van Oijen, M. J. P. (1991). A systematic revision of the piscivorous haplochromine Cichlidae (Pisces: Teleostei) of Lake Victoria (East Africa). Part 1. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 272: 1-95.
Other references:
California Academy of Sciences (hypodigm list): http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getname.asp&rank=species&id=60374
van Oijen, M. J. P. (1991). (Ref. 47172). Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx. FishBase (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60341). Downloaded on December 12, 2010.
Witte, F., de Zeeuw, M.P. & Brooks, E. (2010). Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 31 May 2013.
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