Haplochromis artaxerxes

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Haplochromis artaxerxes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. artaxerxes
Binomial name
Haplochromis artaxerxes
Greenwood, 1962
Synonyms

Harpagochromis artaxerxes(Greenwood, 1962)

Haplochromis artaxerxes was a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria where it is only known from the Napoleon Gulf, in Uganda. This species can reach a length of 14.7 centimetres (5.8 in) SL. [2] The specific name uses the name of Artaxerxes I of Persia who was known as "long-handed", a reference to this species extremely long pectoral fins. [3]

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<i>Haplochromis granti</i> Species of fish

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References

  1. Witte, F. & de Zeeuw, M.P. (2010). "Haplochromis artaxerxes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T9721A13011042. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T9721A13011042.en .
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis artaxerxes" in FishBase . February 2013 version.
  3. 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 6 December 2018.