Haplochromis welcommei Greenwood, 1966
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 welcommei is a threatened species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria in Africa. This species reaches a length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) SL. Although further surveys are needed to confirm its status, it is considered possibly extinct by the IUCN on the basis that there have been no definite records since 1985.
It is the only scale-eating cichlid in the Lake Victoria system.
The specific name honours Robin Welcomme, who was a fisheries biologist at the East African Freshwater Fisheries Research Organisation and who collected the type of this species.
Wikipedia contributors, Haplochromis welcommei; 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 welcommei Greenwood, 1966
- Name authority
- Greenwood, 1966
- 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 welcommei Greenwood, 1966
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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Allochromis welcommei (Greenwood, 1966) (Greenwood, 1966) | synonym |
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.
- Greenwood, P. H. (1966). Two new species of Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) from Lake Victoria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13), 8 (89) (for 1965): 303–318, Pl. 11. [Date of publication confirmed by Evenhuis 2003:56 [ref. 27365]. Reprinted in Greenwood. 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:3JM59. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.