Haplochromis guiarti

Haplochromis guiarti
Conservation status
	; Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Haplochromis
Species:	H. guiarti
Binomial name
	Haplochromis guiarti; (Pellegrin, 1904)
Synonyms
	Tilapia guiarti Pellegrin, 1904; Astatotilapia guiarti (Pellegrin, 1904); Harpagochromis guiarti (Pellegrin, 1904); Paratilapia guiarti (Pellegrin, 1904); Haplochromis nigroventralis Lohberger, 1929;

Haplochromis guiarti is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria though it may now be extinct. This species can reach a length of 17.7 centimetres (7.0 in) SL.^[2] The specific name honours the French parasitologist Jules Guiart (1870-1965), who was a friend of Jacques Pellegrin's.^[3]

References

^ Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P. (2010). "Haplochromis guiarti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60532A12375463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60532A12375463.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Haplochromis guiarti". FishBase. February 2013 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 Aug 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 December 2018.