Haplochromis phytophagus
Encyclopedia
Xystichromis phytophagus, previously categorized as a Haplochromis, is a species of fish
in the Cichlidae family. It was once found in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria near Jinja and Bunjako and Kisumu Bay Kenya. Today this species is found in Lake Kanyaboli Kenya, a small lake in the Yala Basin. The survival of their species depends on hobbyists and captive breeding programs.
Other Names: Christmas Fulu
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Cichlidae family. It was once found in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria near Jinja and Bunjako and Kisumu Bay Kenya. Today this species is found in Lake Kanyaboli Kenya, a small lake in the Yala Basin. The survival of their species depends on hobbyists and captive breeding programs.
Other Names: Christmas Fulu
Source
- Bayona, J.D.R. 2005. Haplochromis phytophagus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
- http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1572
- http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/x_phytophagus.php
- http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/species.php?id=44&content=bibliography&lang=de