Haplochromis spekii

Haplochromis spekii
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Haplochromis
Species:	H. spekii
Binomial name
	Haplochromis spekii; (Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms
	Harpagochromis spekii (Boulenger, 1906); Pelmatochromis spekii Boulenger, 1906; Paratilapia serranus (Pfeffer, 1896); Haplochromis serranoides Regan, 1922;

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]

References

^ 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.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Haplochromis spekii". FishBase. February 2013 version.
^ 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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