Haplochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1928

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Haplochromis melanopterus : Trewavas, 1928 a Descriptions of five new cichlid fishes of the genus Haplochromis from Lake Victoria. | Graham, 1929 : 72The Victoria Nyanza and its fisheries - A report on the fishing survey of Lake Victoria 1927-28. | Greenwood, 1959 c : 166The monotypic genera of cichlid fishes in Lake Victoria. Part 2. | Greenwood, 1959 e : 185, fig. 7A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae). Part 3. | Greenwood, 1974 b : 27, fig. 70The cichlid fishes of Lake Victoria, East Africa : the biology and evolution of a species flock. | Wilhelm, 1980 : 311The disputed feeding behaviour of a paedophagous haplochromine cichlid (Pisces) observed and discussed. | F.F.R.I., 1981 : 108Research of the Haplochromis Ecology Survey Team (HEST). | Van Oijen et al., 1981 : 161An introduction to ecological and taxonomic investigations on the haplochromines cichlids from the Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria. | Barel, 1984 : 421Towards a constructional morphology of cichlid fishes (Teleostei, Perciformes). | Wandera, 1984 : 17The feeding and breeding patterns of some paedophagous Haplochromis species from Lake Victoria. | Ufermann et al., 1987 : 199Catalogue des Cichlides (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1840). Vol. 1. Alphabétique..
Lipochromis (Lipochromis) melanopterus : Greenwood, 1980 b : 26 (junior synonym)Towards a phyletic classification of the genus Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) and related taxa. 2. The species from lakes Victoria, Nabugabo, Edward, George and Kivu. | Ufermann et al., 1987 : 266 (junior synonym)Catalogue des Cichlides (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1840). Vol. 1. Alphabétique..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Current distribution known : Lake Victoria .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Greenwood, 1959 e .
Habitat / home range : holotype coming from a depth of 3,6 m over a mud bottom .
Size : 127 mm SL .
Types :
- Haplochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1928 a: 95. Type locality: "Smith Sound, Tanganyika Territory (2°33ŽS, 32°50ŽE), Lake Victoria, Tanzania". Holotype (and only specimen) BMNH n° 1928.5.30: 19.