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Haplochromis  Hilgendorf, 1888
Taxonomic Serial No.: 169852

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Prognathochromis Greenwood, 1980
  
    Psammochromis Greenwood, 1980
  
    Ptyochromis Greenwood, 1980
  
    Enterochromis Greenwood, 1980
  
    Harpagochromis Greenwood, 1980
  
    Lipochromis Regan, 1920
  
    Tridontochromis Greenwood, 1980
  
    Xystichromis Greenwood, 1980
  
  Common Name(s): mouth brooders
 
    mouth brooders [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyCichlidae  – cichlids, cichlidés, tilapias y mojarras de agua dulce  
                                     GenusHaplochromis Hilgendorf, 1888 – mouth brooders, mouth brooders  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Haplochromis acidens Greenwood, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis adolphifrederici (Boulenger, 1914)  
                                        Species Haplochromis aelocephalus Greenwood, 1959  
                                        Species Haplochromis aeneocolor Greenwood, 1973  
                                        Species Haplochromis akika Lippitsch, 2003  
                                        Species Haplochromis albertianus Regan, 1929  
                                        Species Haplochromis altigenis Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis angustifrons Boulenger, 1914  
                                        Species Haplochromis annectidens Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis apogonoides Greenwood, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis arcanus Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis argenteus Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis artaxerxes Greenwood, 1962  
                                        Species Haplochromis astatodon Regan, 1921  
                                        Species Haplochromis avium Regan, 1929  
                                        Species Haplochromis bakongo Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964  
                                        Species Haplochromis barbarae Greenwood, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis bareli van Oijen, 1991  
                                        Species Haplochromis bartoni Greenwood, 1962  
                                        Species Haplochromis bayoni (Boulenger, 1909)  
                                        Species Haplochromis beadlei Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis bloyeti (Sauvage, 1883)  
                                        Species Haplochromis boops Greenwood, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis brownae Greenwood, 1962  
                                        Species Haplochromis bullatus Trewavas, 1938  
                                        Species Haplochromis cassius Greenwood and Barel, 1978  
                                        Species Haplochromis cavifrons (Hilgendorf, 1888)  
                                        Species Haplochromis chilotes (Boulenger, 1911)  
                                        Species Haplochromis chlorochrous Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis chromogynos Greenwood, 1959  
                                        Species Haplochromis chrysogynaion van Oijen, 1991  
                                        Species Haplochromis cinctus Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis cinereus (Boulenger, 1906)  
                                        Species Haplochromis cnester Witte and Witte-Maas, 1981  
                                        Species Haplochromis crassilabris Boulenger, 1906  
                                        Species Haplochromis crebridens Snoeks, de Vos, Coenen and Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990  
                                        Species Haplochromis crocopeplus Greenwood and Barel, 1978  
                                        Species Haplochromis cronus Greenwood, 1959  
                                        Species Haplochromis cryptodon Greenwood, 1959  
                                        Species Haplochromis cryptogramma Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis decticostoma Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis demeusii (Boulenger, 1899)  
                                        Species Haplochromis dentex Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis desfontainii (Lacepède, 1802)  
                                        Species Haplochromis dichrourus Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis diplotaenia Regan and Trewavas, 1928  
                                        Species Haplochromis dolichorhynchus Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis dolorosus Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis eduardii Regan, 1921  
                                        Species Haplochromis elegans Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis empodisma Greenwood, 1960  
                                        Species Haplochromis engystoma Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis erythrocephalus Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis erythromaculatus De Vos, Snoeks and Thys van den Audenaerde, 1991  
                                        Species Haplochromis estor Regan, 1929  
                                        Species Haplochromis eutaenia Regan and Trewavas, 1928  
                                        Species Haplochromis fasciatus (Perugia, 1892)  
                                        Species Haplochromis flavipinnis (Boulenger, 1906)  
                                        Species Haplochromis flavus Seehausen, Zwennes and Lippitsch in Seehausen et al., 1998  
                                        Species Haplochromis fuelleborni (Hilgendorf and Pappenheim, 1903)  
                                        Species Haplochromis fuscus Regan, 1925  
                                        Species Haplochromis gigliolii (Pfeffer, 1896)  
                                        Species Haplochromis gilberti Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis gowersii Trewavas, 1928  
                                        Species Haplochromis gracilior Boulenger, 1914  
                                        Species Haplochromis granti Boulenger, 1906  
                                        Species Haplochromis graueri Boulenger, 1914  
                                        Species Haplochromis guiarti (Pellegrin, 1904)  
                                        Species Haplochromis harpakteridion van Oijen, 1991  
                                        Species Haplochromis heusinkveldi Witte and Witte-Maas, 1987  
                                        Species Haplochromis hiatus Hoogerhoud and Witte, 1981  
                                        Species Haplochromis howesi van Oijen, 1992  
                                        Species Haplochromis humilior (Boulenger, 1911)  
                                        Species Haplochromis humilis (Steindachner, 1866)  
                                        Species Haplochromis insidiae Snoeks, 1994  
                                        Species Haplochromis iris Hoogerhoud and Witte, 1981  
                                        Species Haplochromis ishmaeli Boulenger, 1906  
                                        Species Haplochromis kamiranzovu Snoeks, Coenen and Thys van den Audenaerde, 1984  
                                        Species Haplochromis katavi Seegers, 1996  
                                        Species Haplochromis kujunjui van Oijen, 1991  
                                        Species Haplochromis labiatus Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis labriformis (Nichols and La Monte, 1938)  
                                        Species Haplochromis lacrimosus (Boulenger, 1906)  
                                        Species Haplochromis laparogramma Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis latifasciatus Regan, 1929  
                                        Species Haplochromis limax Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis lividus Greenwood, 1956  
                                        Species Haplochromis loati Greenwood, 1971  
                                        Species Haplochromis longirostris (Hilgendorf, 1888)  
                                        Species Haplochromis lucullae (Boulenger, 1913)  
                                        Species Haplochromis luluae (Fowler, 1930)  
                                        Species Haplochromis macconneli Greenwood, 1974  
                                        Species Haplochromis macrognathus Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis macrops (Boulenger, 1911)  
                                        Species Haplochromis macropsoides Greenwood, 1973  
                                        Species Haplochromis maculipinna (Pellegrin, 1913)  
                                        Species Haplochromis mahagiensis David and Poll, 1937  
                                        Species Haplochromis maisomei van Oijen, 1991  
                                        Species Haplochromis malacophagus Poll and Damas, 1939  
                                        Species Haplochromis mandibularis Greenwood, 1962  
                                        Species Haplochromis martini (Boulenger, 1906)  
                                        Species Haplochromis maxillaris Trewavas, 1928  
                                        Species Haplochromis megalops Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1928  
                                        Species Haplochromis melanopus Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis melichrous Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis mentatus Regan, 1925  
                                        Species Haplochromis mento Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis michaeli Trewavas, 1928  
                                        Species Haplochromis microchrysomelas Snoeks, 1994  
                                        Species Haplochromis microdon (Boulenger, 1906)  
                                        Species Haplochromis moeruensis (Boulenger, 1899)  
                                        Species Haplochromis multiocellatus (Boulenger, 1913)  
                                        Species Haplochromis mylergates Greenwood and Barel, 1978  
                                        Species Haplochromis mylodon Greenwood, 1973  
                                        Species Haplochromis nanoserranus Greenwood and Barel, 1978  
                                        Species Haplochromis nigrescens (Pellegrin, 1909)  
                                        Species Haplochromis nigripinnis Regan, 1921  
                                        Species Haplochromis nigroides (Pellegrin, 1928)  
                                        Species Haplochromis niloticus Greenwood, 1960  
                                        Species Haplochromis nubilus (Boulenger, 1906)  
                                        Species Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus (Hilgendorf, 1888)  
                                        Species Haplochromis nyanzae Greenwood, 1962  
                                        Species Haplochromis nyererei Witte-Maas and Witte, 1985  
                                        Species Haplochromis obesus (Boulenger, 1906)  
                                        Species Haplochromis obliquidens (Hilgendorf, 1888)  
                                        Species Haplochromis occultidens Snoeks, 1988  
                                        Species Haplochromis oligacanthus Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis oligolepis Lippitsch, 2003  
                                        Species Haplochromis olivaceus Snoeks, de Vos, Coenen and Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990  
                                        Species Haplochromis oregosoma Greenwood, 1973  
                                        Species Haplochromis pachycephalus Greenwood, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis pallidus (Boulenger, 1911)  
                                        Species Haplochromis pappenheimi (Boulenger, 1914)  
                                        Species Haplochromis paraguiarti Greenwood, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis paraplagiostoma Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis paropius Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis parvidens (Boulenger, 1911)  
                                        Species Haplochromis paucidens Regan, 1921  
                                        Species Haplochromis pectoralis (Pfeffer, 1893)  
                                        Species Haplochromis pellegrini Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis percoides Boulenger, 1906  
                                        Species Haplochromis perrieri (Pellegrin, 1909)  
                                        Species Haplochromis petronius Greenwood, 1973  
                                        Species Haplochromis pharyngalis Poll and Damas, 1939  
                                        Species Haplochromis pharyngomylus Regan, 1929  
                                        Species Haplochromis phenochilus Trewavas, 1935  
                                        Species Haplochromis phytophagus Greenwood, 1966  
                                        Species Haplochromis piceatus Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis pitmani Fowler, 1936  
                                        Species Haplochromis placodus Poll and Damas, 1939  
                                        Species Haplochromis plagiodon Regan and Trewavas, 1928  
                                        Species Haplochromis plagiostoma Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis plutonius Greenwood and Barel, 1978  
                                        Species Haplochromis polli Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964  
                                        Species Haplochromis prodromus Trewavas, 1935  
                                        Species Haplochromis prognathus (Pellegrin, 1904)  
                                        Species Haplochromis pseudopellegrini Greenwood, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis ptistes Greenwood and Barel, 1978  
                                        Species Haplochromis pyrrhocephalus Witte and Witte-Maas, 1987  
                                        Species Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx van Oijen, 1991  
                                        Species Haplochromis riponianus (Boulenger, 1911)  
                                        Species Haplochromis rubescens Snoeks, 1994  
                                        Species Haplochromis rudolfianus Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis sauvagei (Pfeffer, 1896)  
                                        Species Haplochromis saxicola Greenwood, 1960  
                                        Species Haplochromis scheffersi Snoeks, de Vos and Thys van den Audenaerde, 1987  
                                        Species Haplochromis schubotzi Boulenger, 1914  
                                        Species Haplochromis schubotziellus Greenwood, 1973  
                                        Species Haplochromis schwetzi Poll, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis serranus (Pfeffer, 1896)  
                                        Species Haplochromis serridens Regan, 1925  
                                        Species Haplochromis simpsoni Greenwood, 1965  
                                        Species Haplochromis smithii (Castelnau, 1861)  
                                        Species Haplochromis spekii (Boulenger, 1906)  
                                        Species Haplochromis squamipinnis Regan, 1921  
                                        Species Haplochromis squamulatus Regan, 1922  
                                        Species Haplochromis stigmatogenys (Boulenger, 1913)  
                                        Species Haplochromis sulphureus Greenwood and Barel, 1978  
                                        Species Haplochromis swynnertoni (Boulenger, 1907)  
                                        Species Haplochromis tanaos van Oijen and Witte, 1996  
                                        Species Haplochromis taurinus Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis teegelaari Greenwood and Barel, 1978  
                                        Species Haplochromis teunisrasi Witte and Witte-Maas, 1981  
                                        Species Haplochromis theliodon Greenwood, 1960  
                                        Species Haplochromis thereuterion van Oijen and Witte, 1996  
                                        Species Haplochromis thuragnathus Greenwood, 1967  
                                        Species Haplochromis tridens Regan and Trewavas, 1928  
                                        Species Haplochromis turkanae Greenwood, 1974  
                                        Species Haplochromis tweddlei (Jackson, 1985)  
                                        Species Haplochromis tyrianthinus Greenwood and Gee, 1969  
                                        Species Haplochromis velifer Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis venator Greenwood, 1965  
                                        Species Haplochromis vicarius Trewavas, 1933  
                                        Species Haplochromis victorianus (Pellegrin, 1904)  
                                        Species Haplochromis vittatus (Boulenger, 1901)  
                                        Species Haplochromis wingatii (Boulenger, 1902)  
                                        Species Haplochromis worthingtoni Regan, 1929  
                                        Species Haplochromis xenognathus Greenwood, 1957  
                                        Species Haplochromis xenostoma Regan, 1922  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Haplochromis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Haplochromis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Haplochromis, mouth brooders   
       

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