Haplochromis es el género más numeroso de peces de la familiaCichlidae con más de 213 especies, la mayoría endémicas dellago Victoria en el este deÁfrica.
La introducción de laperca del Nilo en el lago Victoria en 1954 ha llevado a laextinción de aproximadamente 200 especies deHaplochromis, y algunas otras han sido clasificadas como críticamente amenazadas. Algunas especies, incluyendo especies del géneroHaplochromis dellago Tanganyika y ellago Malawi, han sido movidas deHaplochromis a otros géneros de cíclidos, incluyendoAstatotilapia,Pseudocrenilabrus yPundamilia.
Para el 2016 ya había descritas unas 229 especiesHaplochromis.[1]
- Haplochromis acidensGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis adolphifrederici(Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis aelocephalusGreenwood, 1959
- Haplochromis aeneocolorGreenwood, 1973
- Haplochromis akikaLippitsch, 2003
- Haplochromis albertianusRegan, 1929
- Haplochromis altigenisRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis ampullarostratusSchraml, 2004
- Haplochromis angustifronsBoulenger, 1914
- Haplochromis annectidensTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis antleterMietes & Witte, 2010
- Haplochromis apogonoidesGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis arcanusGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis argensde Zeeuw, Westbroek & Witte, 2013
- Haplochromis argenteusRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis artaxerxesGreenwood, 1962
- Haplochromis astatodonRegan, 1921
- Haplochromis aviumRegan, 1929
- Haplochromis azureus(Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998)
- Haplochromis barbaraeGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis barelivan Oijen, 1991
- Haplochromis bartoniGreenwood, 1962
- Haplochromis bayoni(Boulenger, 1909)
- Haplochromis beadleiTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis bicolorBoulenger, 1906
- Haplochromis boopsGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis brownaeGreenwood, 1962
- Haplochromis bullatusTrewavas, 1938
- Haplochromis bwathondiiNiemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010
- Haplochromis cassiusGreenwood & Barel, 1978
- Haplochromis cavifrons(Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis chilotes(Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis chlorochrousGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis chromogynosGreenwood, 1959
- Haplochromis chrysogynaionvan Oijen, 1991
- Haplochromis cinctusGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis cinereus(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis cnesterWitte & Witte-Maas, 1981
- Haplochromis commutabilisSchraml, 2004
- Haplochromis coprologusNiemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010
- Haplochromis crassilabrisBoulenger, 1906
- Haplochromis crebridensSnoeks, de Vos, Coenen & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990
- Haplochromis crocopeplusGreenwood & Barel, 1978
- Haplochromis cronusGreenwood, 1959
- Haplochromis cryptodonGreenwood, 1959
- Haplochromis cryptogrammaGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis cyaneusSeehausen, Bouton & Zwennes, 1998
- Haplochromis decticostomaGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis degeni(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis dentexRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis dichrourusRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis diplotaeniaRegan & Trewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis dolichorhynchusGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis dolorosusTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis eduardianus(Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis eduardiiRegan, 1921
- Haplochromis elegansTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis empodismaGreenwood, 1960
- Haplochromis engystomaTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis erythrocephalusGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis erythromaculatusDe Vos, Snoeks & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1991
- Haplochromis estorRegan, 1929
- Haplochromis eutaeniaRegan & Trewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis exspectatusSchraml, 2004
- Haplochromis fischeriSeegers, 2008
- Haplochromis flavipinnis(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis flavusSeehausen, Zwennes & Lippitsch, 1998
- Haplochromis fuelleborni(Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903)
- Haplochromis fuscusRegan, 1925
- Haplochromis fusiformisGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis gigas(Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998)
- Haplochromis gigliolii(Pfeffer, 1896)
- Haplochromis gilbertiGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis goldschmidtiWitte, Westbroek & de Zeeuw, 2013
- Haplochromis gowersiiTrewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis graciliorBoulenger, 1914
- Haplochromis grantiBoulenger, 1906
- Haplochromis graueriBoulenger, 1914
- Haplochromis greenwoodi(Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis guiarti(Pellegrin, 1904)
- Haplochromis harpakteridionvan Oijen, 1991
- Haplochromis heusinkveldiWitte & Witte-Maas, 1987
- Haplochromis hiatusHoogerhoud & Witte, 1981
- Haplochromis howesivan Oijen, 1992
- Haplochromis humilior(Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis humilis(Steindachner, 1866)
- Haplochromis igneopinnis(Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998)
- Haplochromis insidiaeSnoeks, 1994
- Haplochromis irisHoogerhoud & Witte, 1981
- Haplochromis ishmaeliBoulenger, 1906
- Haplochromis kamiranzovuSnoeks, Coenen & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1984
- Haplochromis kataviSeegers, 1996
- Haplochromis katongaSchraml & Tichy, 2010
- Haplochromis katunziiter Huurne & Witte, 2010
- Haplochromis kujunjuivan Oijen, 1991
- Haplochromis labiatusTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis labriformis(Nichols & La Monte, 1938)
- Haplochromis lacrimosus(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis laparogrammaGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis latifasciatusRegan, 1929
- Haplochromis limaxTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis lividusGreenwood, 1956
- Haplochromis loatiGreenwood, 1971
- Haplochromis longirostris(Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis luteus(Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis macconneliGreenwood, 1974
- Haplochromis macrocephalus(Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis macrognathusRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis macrops(Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis macropsoidesGreenwood, 1973
- Haplochromis maculipinna(Pellegrin, 1913)
- Haplochromis mahagiensisDavid & Poll, 1937
- Haplochromis maisomeivan Oijen, 1991
- Haplochromis malacophagusPoll & Damas, 1939
- Haplochromis mandibularisGreenwood, 1962
- Haplochromis martini(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis maxillarisTrewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis mbipi(Lippitsch & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis megalopsGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis melanopterusTrewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis melanopusRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis melichrousGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis mentatusRegan, 1925
- Haplochromis mentoRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis michaeliTrewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis microchrysomelasSnoeks, 1994
- Haplochromis microdon(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis multiocellatus(Boulenger, 1913)
- Haplochromis mylergatesGreenwood & Barel, 1978
- Haplochromis mylodonGreenwood, 1973
- Haplochromis nanoserranusGreenwood & Barel, 1978
- Haplochromis nigrescens(Pellegrin, 1909)
- Haplochromis nigricans(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis nigripinnisRegan, 1921
- Haplochromis nigroides(Pellegrin, 1928)
- Haplochromis niloticusGreenwood, 1960
- Haplochromis nubilus(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus(Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis nyanzaeGreenwood, 1962
- Haplochromis nyerereiWitte-Maas & Witte, 1985
- Haplochromis obesus(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis obliquidens(Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis obtusidensTrewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis occultidensSnoeks, 1988
- Haplochromis oligolepisLippitsch, 2003
- Haplochromis olivaceusSnoeks, de Vos, Coenen & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990
- Haplochromis omnicaeruleus(Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis oregosomaGreenwood, 1973
- Haplochromis orthostomaRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis pachycephalusGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis pallidus(Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis paludinosus(Greenwood, 1980)
- Haplochromis pancitrinusMietes & Witte, 2010
- Haplochromis pappenheimi(Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis paradoxus(Lippitsch & Kaufman, 2003)
- Haplochromis paraguiartiGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis paraplagiostomaGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis paropiusGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis parorthostomaGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis parvidens(Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis paucidensRegan, 1921
- Haplochromis pellegriniRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis percoidesBoulenger, 1906
- Haplochromis perrieri(Pellegrin, 1909)
- Haplochromis petroniusGreenwood, 1973
- Haplochromis pharyngalisPoll & Damas, 1939
- Haplochromis pharyngomylusRegan, 1929
- Haplochromis phytophagusGreenwood, 1966
- Haplochromis piceatusGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis pitmaniFowler, 1936
- Haplochromis placodusPoll & Damas, 1939
- Haplochromis plagiodonRegan & Trewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis plagiostomaRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis plutoniusGreenwood & Barel, 1978
- Haplochromis prodromusTrewavas, 1935
- Haplochromis prognathus(Pellegrin, 1904)
- Haplochromis pseudopellegriniGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis ptistesGreenwood & Barel, 1978
- Haplochromis pundamilia(Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis pyrrhocephalusWitte & Witte-Maas, 1987
- Haplochromis pyrrhopteryxvan Oijen, 1991
- Haplochromis retrodens(Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis riponianus(Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis rubescensSnoeks, 1994
- Haplochromis rubripinnis(Seehausen, Lippitsch & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis rudolfianusTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis rufocaudalis(Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis rufus(Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998)
- Haplochromis sauvagei(Pfeffer, 1896)
- Haplochromis saxicolaGreenwood, 1960
- Haplochromis scheffersiSnoeks, De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1987
- Haplochromis schubotziBoulenger, 1914
- Haplochromis schubotziellusGreenwood, 1973
- Haplochromis serranus(Pfeffer, 1896)
- Haplochromis serridensRegan, 1925
- Haplochromis simotes(Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis simpsoniGreenwood, 1965
- Haplochromis smithii(Castelnau, 1861)
- Haplochromis snoeksiWamuini Lunkayilakio & Vreven, 2010
- Haplochromis spekii(Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis sphexter Huurne & Witte, 2010
- Haplochromis squamipinnisRegan, 1921
- Haplochromis squamulatusRegan, 1922
- Haplochromis sulphureusGreenwood & Barel, 1978
- Haplochromis tanaosvan Oijen & Witte, 1996
- Haplochromis taurinusTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis teegelaariGreenwood & Barel, 1978
- Haplochromis teunisrasiWitte & Witte-Maas, 1981
- Haplochromis theliodonGreenwood, 1960
- Haplochromis thereuterionvan Oijen & Witte, 1996
- Haplochromis thuragnathusGreenwood, 1967
- Haplochromis tridensRegan & Trewavas, 1928
- Haplochromis turkanaeGreenwood, 1974
- Haplochromis tyrianthinusGreenwood & Gee, 1969
- Haplochromis ushindiVan Oijen, 2004
- Haplochromis vanheusdeniSchedel, Friel & Schliewen, 2014
- Haplochromis vanoijenide Zeeuw & Witte, 2010
- Haplochromis veliferTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis venatorGreenwood, 1965
- Haplochromis vicariusTrewavas, 1933
- Haplochromis victoriae(Greenwood, 1956)
- Haplochromis victorianus(Pellegrin, 1904)
- Haplochromis vittatus(Boulenger, 1901)
- Haplochromis vonlinneivan Oijen & de Zeeuw, 2008
- Haplochromis welcommeiGreenwood, 1966
- Haplochromis worthingtoniRegan, 1929
- Haplochromis xanthopteryx(Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis xenognathusGreenwood, 1957
- Haplochromis xenostomaRegan, 1922
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