Freshly collected male from Nwanza Gulf
An individual of Haplochromis sp. 'erythrocryptogramma' freshly collected at Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria [Tanzania]. The fish belongs to the anker and Barel 1977 collection and remain preserved at the British Museum of Natural History. Photo by Anker, G.C. & Barel, C.N.D..

Last updated on:
21-Feb-2011

Haplochromis sp. 'erythrocryptogramma'


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Original reference as:

  • Kees Goudswaard & F. Witte, J.H. Wanink. 2006. "The shrimp Caridina nilotica in Lake Victoria (East Africa) before and after the Nile Perch increase". Hydrobiologia. 563(1):31-44. DOI: 10.107/s10750-005-1385-9 (crc02993) (abstract)

Conservation: Haplochromis sp. 'erythrocryptogramma' is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.