Haplochromis vonlinnei van Oijen & de Zeeuw, 2008
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Haplochromis vonlinnei is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. It is greyish in color with a distinct mid-lateral band, and a rather slender shape. It feeds mainly on smaller fish. This species can reach a length of 15.9 centimetres (6.3 in) SL. The population of the species has declined due to the introduction of the Nile perch in the 1950s. It has not been recorded since 1980 and the IUCN lists it as "Critically Endangered" and considers it may already be extinct. This fish is named in honour of the Swedish naturalist, Carl Linnaeus.
Wikipedia contributors, Haplochromis vonlinnei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:44:29.611225+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Haplochromis vonlinnei van Oijen & de Zeeuw, 2008
- Name authority
- van Oijen & de Zeeuw, 2008
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Haplochromis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCichliformes
- familyCichlidae Bonaparte, 1835
- subfamilyPseudocrenilabrinae Fowler, 1934
- genusHaplochromis Hilgendorf, 1888
- speciesHaplochromis vonlinnei van Oijen & de Zeeuw, 2008
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Haplochromis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Haplochromis acidens Greenwood, 1967 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis aelocephalus Greenwood, 1959 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis akika Lippitsch, 2003 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis albertianus Regan, 1929 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis ampullarostratus Schraml, 2004 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis antleter Mietes & Witte, 2010 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis barbarae Greenwood, 1967 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis bareli van Oijen, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis bartoni Greenwood, 1962 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis boops Greenwood, 1967 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis brownae Greenwood, 1962 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haplochromis cassius Greenwood & Barel, 1978 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Oijen, M. J. P. V., & Zeeuw, M. P. D. (2008). Haplochromis vonlinnei spec. nov., a piscivorous haplochromine cichlid (Teleostei, Persiformes) from the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Zool. Med. Leiden, 82: 167–175. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3JM58. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.