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Haplochromis (mouth brooders)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Haplochromis is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cichlidae. It has been used as the default "wastebin taxon" for Pseudocrenilabrinae cichlids of the East African Rift, and as such became the "largest" fish "genus". Many of these cichlids are popular aquarium fishes; like similar Haplochromini they are known as "haplos", "happies" or "haps" among aquarium enthusiasts.
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Species

Haplochromis acidens (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis adolphifrederici (Friedrich's Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis aelocephalus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis aeneocolor (Lake George cichlid) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Haplochromis akika
Haplochromis albertianus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis altigenis (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis ampullarostratus (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis angustifrons (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis annectidens (Cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis antleter (Cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis apogonoides (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis aquila
Haplochromis arcanus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis argens (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis argenteus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis artaxerxes (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis astatodon (Regan's Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis avium (Cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis azureus (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis barbarae (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis bareli (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis bartoni (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis bayoni (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis beadlei (Cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis bicolor (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis boops (Lake Malawi cichlid)
Haplochromis brownae (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis bullatus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis bwathondii (Cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis cassius (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis cavifrons (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis chilotes (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis chlorochrous (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis chromogynos (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis chrysogynaion
Haplochromis cinctus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis cinereus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis cnester (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis commutabilis (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis concilians
Haplochromis coprologus (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis crassilabris (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis crebridens (Sky-blue Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis crocopeplus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis cronus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis cryptodon (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis cryptogramma (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis curvidens
Haplochromis cyaneus
Haplochromis decticostoma (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis degeni
Haplochromis dentex (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis dichrourus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis diplotaenia (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis dolichorhynchus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis dolorosus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis eduardianus
Haplochromis eduardii (Lake Edward cichlid)
Haplochromis elegans (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis empodisma (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis engystoma (Lake Edward cichlid)
Haplochromis erutus
Haplochromis erythrocephalus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis erythromaculatus (Bulera haplo) (Endangered)
Haplochromis estor (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis eutaenia (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis exspectatus (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis falcatus
Haplochromis fischeri (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis flavipinnis (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis flavus
Haplochromis fuelleborni (Fuelleborn's mouthbrooder)
Haplochromis fuscus (Lake Edward cichlid)
Haplochromis fusiformis (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis gigas (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis gigliolii (Cichlid)
Haplochromis gilberti (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis glaucus
Haplochromis goldschmidti
Haplochromis gowersii (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis gracilifur
Haplochromis gracilior (Boulenger's Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis granti (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis graueri (Grauer's Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis greenwoodi (Velvet Black)
Haplochromis guiarti (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis harpakteridion
Haplochromis heusinkveldi (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis hiatus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis howesi (Smok) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis humilior (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis humilis (Cichlid)
Haplochromis igneopinnis (Endangered)
Haplochromis insidiae (Snoeks' Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis iris (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis ishmaeli (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis kamiranzovu (Kamiranzovu haplo)
Haplochromis katavi (Katavi mouthbrooder) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis katonga
Haplochromis katunzii (Cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis kimondo
Haplochromis kujunjui
Haplochromis labiatus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis labriformis (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis lacrimosus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis lanceolatus
Haplochromis laparogramma (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis latifasciatus (Cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis latifrons
Haplochromis limax (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis lividus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis loati (Cichlid)
Haplochromis lobatus
Haplochromis longirostris (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis luteus (Cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis macconneli (McConnel's haplo)
Haplochromis macrocephalus (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis macrognathus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis macrops (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis macropsoides (Lake George cichlid)
Haplochromis maculipinna (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis mahagiensis (Cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis maisomei
Haplochromis malacophagus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis mandibularis (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis martini (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis maxillaris (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis mbipi
Haplochromis megalops (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis melanopterus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis melanopus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis melichrous (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis mentatus (Lake Edward cichlid)
Haplochromis mento (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis michaeli (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis microchrysomelas (Orange tail Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis microdon (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis molossus
Haplochromis multiocellatus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis mylergates (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis mylodon (Cichlid)
Haplochromis nanoserranus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis nigrescens (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis nigricans (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis nigripinnis (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis nigroides (Pellegrin's Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis niloticus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis nubilus (Blue Victoria mouthbrooder) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus
Haplochromis nyanzae (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis nyererei (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis obesus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis obliquidens (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis obtusidens (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis occultidens (Paedophagous Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis oligolepis
Haplochromis olivaceus (Olive Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis omnicaeruleus
Haplochromis oregosoma (Cichlid)
Haplochromis orthostoma (Cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis pachycephalus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis pallidus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis paludinosus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis pancitrinus (Cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis pappenheimi (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis paradoxus
Haplochromis paraguiarti (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis paraplagiostoma (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis pardus
Haplochromis paropius (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis parorthostoma (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis parvidens (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis paucidens (Trimorphic Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis pellegrini (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis percoides (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis perrieri (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis petronius (Lake George cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis pharyngalis
Haplochromis pharyngomylus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis phytophagus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis piceatus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis pitmani (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis placodus (Cichlid)
Haplochromis plagiodon (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis plagiostoma (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis planus
Haplochromis plutonius (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis prodromus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis prognathus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis pseudopellegrini (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis ptistes (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis pundamilia
Haplochromis pyrrhocephalus (Pyro Victorian cichlid)
Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis quasimodo
Haplochromis reginus
Haplochromis relictidens
Haplochromis retrodens (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis rex
Haplochromis riponianus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis rubescens (Red Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis rubripinnis
Haplochromis rudolfianus (Lake Rudolf haplo)
Haplochromis rufocaudalis
Haplochromis rufus
Haplochromis sauvagei (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis saxicola (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis scheffersi (Scheffers' Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis schubotzi (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis schubotziellus (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis serranoides
Haplochromis serranus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis serridens (Lake Edward cichlid)
Haplochromis simba
Haplochromis simotes
Haplochromis simpsoni (Cichlid) (Endangered)
Haplochromis smithii (Cichlid)
Haplochromis snoeksi
Haplochromis sp. nov. '75' <Unverified Name>
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'Blue Rockpicker' <Unverified Name>
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'Dusky Wine-red Fin' <Unverified Name>
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'Yellow' <Unverified Name>
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'citrus' <Unverified Name>
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'micro-obesus' <Unverified Name>
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'nigrofasciatus' <Unverified Name>
Haplochromis spekii (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis sphex (Cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis squamipinnis (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis squamulatus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis stanleyi
Haplochromis sulphureus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis tanaos
Haplochromis taurinus (Cichlid) (Attributes)
Haplochromis teegelaari (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis teunisrasi (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis theliodon (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis thereuterion (Double Stripe) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis thuragnathus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis tridens (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis turkanae (Lake Turkana mouthbrooder)
Haplochromis tyrianthinus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis ushindi (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis vanheusdeni
Haplochromis vanoijeni (Cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis velifer (Cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis venator (Cichlid) (Endangered)
Haplochromis vicarius (Cichlid)
Haplochromis victoriae
Haplochromis victorianus (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis vittatus (Striped Kivu haplo)
Haplochromis vonlinnei (Critically Endangered)
Haplochromis welcommei (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis worthingtoni (Cichlid)
Haplochromis xanthopteryx (Black Pseudo-nigricans) (Vulnerable)
Haplochromis xenognathus (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Haplochromis xenostoma (Lake Victoria cichlid) (Critically Endangered)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0