Haplochromis macconneli

Haplochromis macconneli
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Haplochromis
Species:	H. macconneli
Binomial name
	Haplochromis macconneli; Greenwood, 1974
Synonyms
	Thoracochromis macconneli (Greenwood, 1974)

Haplochromis macconneli is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Turkana, northern Kenya. This species can reach a length of 7.7 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Officer in Charge of the Fisheries Department at Lake Rudolf (now known as Lake Turkana), R. B. McConnell, for the assistance he gave to the Lake Rudolf Research Project.[3]

References

Odhiambo, E.A. & Hanssens, M. (2006). "Haplochromis macconneli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60522A12374126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60522A12374126.en.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis macconneli" in 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 9 December 2018.

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[1] Odhiambo, E.A. & Hanssens, M. (2006). "Haplochromis macconneli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60522A12374126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60522A12374126.en.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis macconneli" in FishBase. February 2013 version.

[ETYFish-3] 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 9 December 2018.