Biology:Hoplotilapia retrodens

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Hoplotilapia
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Hoplotilapia

Hilgendorf, 1888[2]
Species:
H. retrodens
Binomial name
Hoplotilapia retrodens
(Hilgendorf, 1888)

Hoplotilapia retrodens is a species of fish endemic to Lake Victoria in East Africa.[3] The species is the only representative of the monotypic genus Hoplotilapia, and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae.[3]

The species was listed by the IUCN as extinct,[4] though Harrison and Stiassny (1999) considered its status unresolved.[5] The conservation status was reassessed in 2010 and the IUCN now list it as vulnerable.[6]

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References

  1. Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P.; Brooks, E. (2016). "Haplochromis retrodens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2016: e.T10260A97011583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T10260A97011583.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10260/0. Retrieved 14 January 2018.  Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable.
  2. Hilgendorf FM (1888) Fische aus dem Victoria-Nyanza (Ukerewe-See), gesammelt von dem verstorbenen Dr. G. A. Fischer. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 75-79
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, R.; D. Pauly, eds. "Hoplotilapia retrodens". FishBase. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130737/http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=6886. Retrieved 2007-04-25. 
  4. Kaufman, L. 1996. Hoplotilapia retrodens. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 April 2007
  5. Harrison, I.J. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 1999. The Quiet Crisis. A preliminary listing of the freshwater fishes of the world that are Extinct or "Missing in Action". In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp. 271-331. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
  6. "Hoplotilapia retrodens". IUCN. 2010. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/10260/0. Retrieved 20 February 2012. 

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