Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Haplochromis > Haplochromis nigricans

Haplochromis nigricans (Lake Victoria cichlid)

Synonyms: Coptodon nigricans; Neochromis nigricans; Tilapia nigricans
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Haplochromis nigricans is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria where it is known only known with certainty from Entebbe, Uganda, other populations now placed in H. rufocaudalis. Its preferred habitat is shallow waters with rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of 9.4 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.
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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