Haplochromis welcommei
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Haplochromis welcommei is a threatened species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria in Africa. This species reaches a length of Script error: No such module "convert". SL.[1] Although further surveys are needed to confirm its status, it is considered possibly extinct by the IUCN on the basis that there have been no definite records since 1985.[2]
It is the only scale-eating cichlid in the Lake Victoria system.[3]
The specific name honours Robin Welcomme, who was a fisheries biologist at the East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation and who collected the type of this species.[4]
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