| Haplochromis welcommei | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Haplochromis |
| Species: | H. welcommei |
| Binomial name | |
| Haplochromis welcommei Greenwood, 1966 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Allochromis welcommei (Greenwood, 1966) | |
Haplochromis welcommei is a threatened species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria in Africa. This species reaches a length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) SL. Although further surveys are needed to confirm its status, it is considered possibly extinct by the IUCN on the basis that there have been no definite records since 1985.
It is the only scale-eating cichlid in the Lake Victoria system.
The specific name honours Robin Welcomme, who was a fisheries biologist at the East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation and who collected the type of this species.
References
- ^ Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P.; Brooks, E. (2016). "Haplochromis welcommei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T872A97101653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T872A97101653.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Haplochromis welcommei". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Newman, L: Cichlid Conservation in Uganda. Cichlid-Forum. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- 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 13 December 2018.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Haplochromis welcommei | |
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