Illustration of holotype
Illustration of holotype of Haplochromis fusiformis. Photo by Pekka Vasankari. Sent by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas.

Last updated on:
16-Jun-2007

Haplochromis fusiformis Greenwood & Gee, 1969


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Original description as Haplochromis fusiformis:

ZooBank:B844C534-A477-4652-9C2B-2CA2CA89642E.

  • 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. 18:1:1-65 (crc01014)

Conservation: Haplochromis fusiformis is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2010).