Pair in the aquarium
A pair (male in front) of Haplochromis microchrysomelas in the aquarium of Oliver Lucanus [Canada]. Photo by Oliver Lucanus. (01-Apr-2018).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Haplochromini

Genus
Haplochromis


Last updated on:
13-Jul-2007

Haplochromis microchrysomelas Snoeks, 1994

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Original description as Haplochromis microchrysomelas:

ZooBank:93759DD0-BBD9-465D-8563-254292184EFB.

  • Snoeks, Jos. 1994. "The haplochromines (Teleostei, Cichlidae) of Lake Kivu (East Africa): a taxonomic revision with notes on their ecology". Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Série Zoology). 270 1-221 (crc01419)

Conservation: Haplochromis microchrysomelas is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2006).