Haplochromis_spekii

<i>Haplochromis spekii</i>

Haplochromis spekii

Species of fish

Haplochromis spekii is a species of cichlid found in Lake Victoria and the adjacent reaches of the Nile. This species reaches a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.[2] The specific name of this species honours John Henning Speke (1827-1864), the English explorer who, with James Augustus Grant, discovered a major source of the Nile was Lake Victoria.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P. (2010). "Haplochromis spekii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60539A12377517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60539A12377517.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis spekii" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 August 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 December 2018.


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