Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Haplochromis guiarti (Haplochromis guiarti), recorded as Critically Endangered
Haplochromis guiarti (Haplochromis guiarti). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Haplochromis guiarti

Haplochromis guiarti

Haplochromis guiarti is a cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria though it may now be extinct.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Haplochromis guiarti
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Cichlidae · Haplochromis

The cichlid

This species can reach a length of 17.7 centimetres (7.0 in) SL.

Haplochromis cichlids are the famous flock of East African lakes: mouth-brooding fishes that split food and habitat into dozens of named forms.

Cichlids are perch-like freshwater fishes with a second set of jaws in the throat. Many species mouth-brood the young.

Range and habitat

Haplochromis guiarti is a cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria though it may now be extinct.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Cichlids defend a territory or a brood. Diet in the family runs from algae scrapers to piscivores; this page does not invent a menu for one species.

In crisis

Haplochromis guiarti is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Haplochromis guiarti — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q497457. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Haplochromis crassilabris (Haplochromis crassilabris), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Haplochromis crassilabris

Haplochromis crassilabris
Photograph of Haplochromis flavipinnis (Haplochromis flavipinnis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Haplochromis flavipinnis

Haplochromis flavipinnis
Photograph of Haplochromis granti (Haplochromis granti), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Haplochromis granti

Haplochromis granti
Photograph of Haplochromis hiatus (Haplochromis hiatus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Haplochromis hiatus

Haplochromis hiatus

Quick answers

What is Haplochromis guiarti?
Haplochromis guiarti is a cichlid in the family Cichlidae (order Perciformes).
What is the conservation status of Haplochromis guiarti?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Haplochromis guiarti. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Haplochromis guiarti live?
Haplochromis guiarti is a cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria though it may now be extinct.
Why is Haplochromis guiarti in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Haplochromis guiarti?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Haplochromis guiarti a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.