Hoplotilapia retrodens

Hoplotilapia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus: Hoplotilapia
Hilgendorf, 1888[2]
Species: H. retrodens
Binomial name
Hoplotilapia retrodens
(Hilgendorf, 1888)

Hoplotilapia retrodens is a species of fish endemic to Lake Victoria in East Africa.[3] The species is the only representative of the monotypic genus Hoplotilapia, and is part of family Cichlidae in subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae.[3]

The species was listed by the IUCN as extinct,[4] though Harrison and Stiassny (1999) considered its status unresolved.[5] The conservation status was reassessed in 2010 and the IUCN now list it as vulnerable.[6]

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References

  1. Witte, F., de Zeeuw, M.P. & Brooks, E. (2010). "Hoplotilapia retrodens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 July 2011. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable.
  2. Hilgendorf FM (1888) Fische aus dem Victoria-Nyanza (Ukerewe-See), gesammelt von dem verstorbenen Dr. G. A. Fischer. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 75-79
  3. 1 2 Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. "Hoplotilapia retrodens". FishBase. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
  4. Kaufman, L. 1996. Hoplotilapia retrodens. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 April 2007
  5. Harrison, I.J. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 1999. The Quiet Crisis. A preliminary listing of the freshwater fishes of the world that are Extinct or "Missing in Action". In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp. 271-331. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
  6. "Hoplotilapia retrodens". IUCN. 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
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