Unidentified Lipochromis? Species from Lake Gigati, Uganda

[Mark Smith]

Lawrence Kent has kindly given Cichlidae.com permission to post this image that he took of an interesting cichlid species he recently caught in Lake Gigati, Uganda. This small lake is apparently in close proximity to Lake Nawampasa.

Possible Lipochromis species?? Anyone else have any ideas as to what it might be??

[Mark Smith]

Sorry, here is the image.

[EC]

Sorry, here is the image.

I think Pyxichromis (orthostoma?) more than Lipochromis/Cleptochromis.
Lake Gigati is in Kyoga complex and this fish is very common.

Ciao Enrico

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[Mark Smith]

I am getting the impression that several of the "Haplochromis" in Lake Gigati are also found in Lake Nawampasa, and perhaps elsewhere in nearby small bodies of water.

[Christophe de Medeiros]

Hi Mark; this fish looks closer to Pyxichromis orthostoma than to a Lipochromis species
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[Mark Smith]

Thanks Christophe, I think you may be right.

[mapyru]

Could be Haplochromis squamipinnis from Lake Edward and George

http://www.haplochromis.org
Pundeny

[Mark Smith]

Good suggestion. I did collect H. squamipinnis from Lakes Edward and George, and they seem to look quite different.

[mapyru]

I have see the picture of Erwin , put his squamipinnis doesn't fit really well with the description of the squamipinnis of Greenwood , the life coloration is matching well better with the turquoise of the fish here, the size of the eyes also , the shape of the body too!
But of course, It is only impression, as I haven't see the fish in true!

Nevertheless , really nice specimen

Sy,
Pundeny,
www.haplochromis.org

[Mark Smith]

Have you seem the photos of H. squamipinnis here on cichlidae.com yet? Adult male, female and juvenile male depicted. I'll check out Erwin's as soon as I can get onto Fishbase. It seems to be down for the moment.

[mapyru]

Hi Mark,

Yes I have seen the squamipinnis from here , a bit yellow coloured

Here the link to some interesting info from Erwin
http://www.dcg-online.de/dhtml/files/dc ... 32004.html
last pdf shows the squamipinnis of Erwin!

[Mark Smith]

Thanks Mapyru

Great paper for sure, and good images of H. squamipinnis too!

[mapyru]

A blue Pyxichromis orthostoma specimen from my friend Endymion , really a lot of common with the original ID picture

http://www.ciklidbladet.se/artregister/ ... sp?ID=1820

Sy,

http://www.haplochromis.org
Pundeny

[Mark Smith]

I agree, very close, if not the same species.