Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe
Pseudocrenilabrini
Genus
Yssichromis
Status
valid
Curator
Christophe de Medeiros
Published
16-Jun-2009
Last updated on :
16-Jun-2009
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Yssichromis laparogramma (Greenwood & Gee, 1969)
Original description as Haplochromis laparogramma:
- Greenwood, Peter Humphry & J. M. Gee. 1969. "A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part VII". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Series. v. 18; n. 1; pp. 1-65 (crc01014).
Conservation: Yssichromis laparogramma is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010). Yssichromis laparogramma belongs to a group of bentho-pelagic fishes which were exposed to the Nile perch predation. It could be extinct in the lake as no recent collections has been recorded.
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