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Géneros y especies

El lago Victoria posee la mayor cantidad de ciclidos del género Haplochromis,  

con una cantidad descripta de 230 especies hasta el año 2016.

La mayoría de estas especies son endémicas.

La introducción de la perca del Nilo en el lago Victoria en 1954 ha llevado a la extinción de unas 200 especies de Haplochromis, y otras han sido clasificadas

como amenazadas.

Algunas especies, han sido movidas al género Haplochromis desde otros géneros, incluyendo Astatotilapia, Pseudocrenilabrus y Pundamilia.

Los ciclidos que habitan el lago Victoria engloban 7 géneros y 237 especies.

Astatoreochromis

(Pellegrin, 1904)

- Astatoreochromis alluaudi (Pellegrin 1904)

Haplochromis

(Hilgendorf,1888)

- Haplochromis acidens (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis adolphi frederici (Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis aelocephalus (Greenwood, 1959)
- Haplochromis aeneocolor (Greenwood, 1973)
- Haplochromis akika (Lippitsch, 2003)
- Haplochromis albertianus (Regan, 1929)
- Haplochromis altigenis (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis ampullarostratus (Schraml, 2004)
- Haplochromis angustifrons (Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis annectidens (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis antleter (Mietes, Witte, 2010)
- Haplochromis apogonoides (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis arcanus (Greenwood , Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis argens (de Zeeuw, Westbroek, Witte, 2013)
- Haplochromis argenteus (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis artaxerxes (Greenwood, 1962)
- Haplochromis astatodon (Regan, 1921)
- Haplochromis avium (Regan, 1929)
- Haplochromis barbarae (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis bareli (van Oijen, 1991)
- Haplochromis bartoni (Greenwood, 1962)
- Haplochromis bayoni (Boulenger, 1909)
- Haplochromis beadlei (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis bicolor (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis boops (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis brownae (Greenwood, 1962)
- Haplochromis bullatus (Trewavas, 1938)
- Haplochromis bwathondii (Niemantsverdriet, Witte, 2010)
- Haplochromis cassius (Greenwood, Barel, 1978)
- Haplochromis cavifrons (Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis chilotes (Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis chlorochrous (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis chromogynos (Greenwood, 1959)
- Haplochromis chrysogynaion (van Oijen, 1991)
- Haplochromis cinctus (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis cinereus (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis cnester (Witte, Witte-Maas, 1981)
- Haplochromis commutabilis (Schraml, 2004)
- Haplochromis coprologus (Niemantsverdriet, Witte, 2010)
- Haplochromis crassilabris (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis crebridens (Snoeks, de Vos, Coenen, Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990)
- Haplochromis crocopeplus (Greenwood, Barel, 1978)
- Haplochromis cronus (Greenwood, 1959)
- Haplochromis cryptodon (Greenwood, 1959)
- Haplochromis cryptogramma (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis cyaneus (Seehausen, Bouton, Zwennes, 1998)
- Haplochromis decticostoma (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis degeni (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis dentex (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis dichrourus (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis diplotaenia (Regan, Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis dolichorhynchus (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis dolorosus (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis eduardianus (Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis eduardii (Regan, 1921)
- Haplochromis elegans (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis empodisma (Greenwood, 1960)
- Haplochromis engystoma (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis erythrocephalus (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis erythromaculatus (De Vos, Snoeks, Thys van den Audenaerde, 1991)
- Haplochromis estor (Regan, 1929)
- Haplochromis eutaenia (Regan, Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis exspectatus (Schraml, 2004)
- Haplochromis fischeri (Seegers, 2008)
- Haplochromis flavipinnis (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis flavus (Seehausen, Zwennes, Lippitsch, 1998)
- Haplochromis fuelleborni (Hilgendorf, Pappenheim, 1903)
- Haplochromis fuscus (Regan, 1925)
- Haplochromis fusiformis (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis gigas (Seehausen, Lippitsch, 1998)
- Haplochromis gigliolii (Pfeffer, 1896)
- Haplochromis gilberti (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis goldschmidti (Witte, Westbroek, de Zeeuw, 2013)
- Haplochromis gowersii (Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis gracilior (Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis granti (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis graueri (Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis greenwoodi (Seehausen, Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis guiarti (Pellegrin, 1904)
- Haplochromis harpakteridion (van Oijen, 1991)
- Haplochromis heusinkveldi (Witte, Witte-Maas, 1987)
- Haplochromis hiatus (Hoogerhoud, Witte, 1981)
- Haplochromis howesi (van Oijen, 1992)
- Haplochromis humilior (Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis humilis (Steindachner, 1866)
- Haplochromis insidiae (Snoeks, 1994)
- Haplochromis iris (Hoogerhoud, Witte, 1981)
- Haplochromis ishmaeli (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis kamiranzovu (Snoeks, Coenen, Thys van den Audenaerde, 1984)
- Haplochromis katavi (Seegers, 1996)
- Haplochromis katonga (Schraml, Tichy, 2010)
- Haplochromis katunzii (ter Huurne, Witte, 2010)
- Haplochromis kujunjui (van Oijen, 1991)
- Haplochromis labiatus (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis labriformis (Nichols, La Monte, 1938)
- Haplochromis lacrimosus (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis laparogramma (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis latifasciatus (Regan, 1929)
- Haplochromis limax (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis lividus (Greenwood, 1956)
- Haplochromis loati (Greenwood, 1971)
- Haplochromis longirostris (Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis luteus (Seehausen, Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis macconneli (Greenwood, 1974)
- Haplochromis macrognathus (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis macrops (Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis macropsoides (Greenwood, 1973)
- Haplochromis maculipinna (Pellegrin, 1913)
- Haplochromis mahagiensis (David, Poll, 1937)
- Haplochromis maisomei (van Oijen, 1991)
- Haplochromis malacophagus (Poll, Damas, 1939)
- Haplochromis mandibularis (Greenwood, 1962)
- Haplochromis martini (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis maxillaris (Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis mbipi (Lippitsch, Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis megalops (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis melanopterus (Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis melanopus (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis melichrous (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis mentatus (Regan, 1925)
- Haplochromis mento (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis michaeli (Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis microchrysomelas (Snoeks, 1994)
- Haplochromis microdon (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis multiocellatus (Boulenger, 1913)
- Haplochromis mylergates (Greenwood, Barel, 1978)
- Haplochromis mylodon (Greenwood, 1973)
- Haplochromis nanoserranus (Greenwood, Barel, 1978)
- Haplochromis nigrescens (Pellegrin, 1909)
- Haplochromis nigricans (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis nigripinnis (Regan, 1921)
- Haplochromis nigroides (Pellegrin, 1928)
- Haplochromis niloticus (Greenwood, 1960)
- Haplochromis nubilus (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus (Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis nyanzae (Greenwood, 1962)
- Haplochromis obesus (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis obliquidens (Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis obtusidens (Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis occultidens (Snoeks, 1988)
- Haplochromis oligolepis (Lippitsch, 2003)
- Haplochromis olivaceus (Snoeks, de Vos, Coenen, Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990)
- Haplochromis omnicaeruleus (Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis oregosoma (Greenwood, 1973)
- Haplochromis orthostoma (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis pachycephalus (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis pallidus (Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis paludinosus (Greenwood, 1980)
- Haplochromis pancitrinus (Mietes, Witte, 2010)
- Haplochromis pappenheimi (Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis paradoxus (Lippitsch, Kaufman, 2003)
- Haplochromis paraguiarti (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis paraplagiostoma (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis paropius (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis parorthostoma (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis parvidens (Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis paucidens (Regan, 1921)
- Haplochromis pellegrini (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis percoides (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis perrieri (Pellegrin, 1909)
- Haplochromis petronius (Greenwood, 1973)
- Haplochromis pharyngalis (Poll, Damas, 1939)
- Haplochromis pharyngomylus (Regan, 1929)
- Haplochromis phytophagus (Greenwood, 1966)
- Haplochromis piceatus (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis pitmani (Fowler, 1936)
- Haplochromis placodus (Poll, Damas, 1939)
- Haplochromis plagiodon (Regan, Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis plagiostoma (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis plutonius (Greenwood, Barel, 1978)
- Haplochromis prodromus (Trewavas, 1935)
- Haplochromis prognathus (Pellegrin, 1904)
- Haplochromis pseudopellegrini (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis ptistes (Greenwood, Barel, 1978)
- Haplochromis pyrrhocephalus (Witte, Witte-Maas, 1987)
- Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx (van Oijen, 1991)
- Haplochromis retrodens (Hilgendorf, 1888)
- Haplochromis riponianus (Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis rubescens (Snoeks, 1994)
- Haplochromis rubripinnis (Seehausen, Lippitsch, Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis rudolfianus (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis rufocaudalis (Seehausen, Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis rufus (Seehausen, Lippitsch, 1998)
- Haplochromis sauvagei (Pfeffer, 1896)
- Haplochromis saxicola (Greenwood, 1960)
- Haplochromis scheffersi (Snoeks, De Vos, Thys van den Audenaerde, 1987)
- Haplochromis schubotzi (Boulenger, 1914)
- Haplochromis schubotziellus (Greenwood, 1973)
- Haplochromis serranus (Pfeffer, 1896)
- Haplochromis serridens (Regan, 1925)
- Haplochromis simotes (Boulenger, 1911)
- Haplochromis simpsoni (Greenwood, 1965)
- Haplochromis smithii (Castelnau, 1861)
- Haplochromis snoeksi (Wamuini Lunkayilakio, Vreven, 2010)
- Haplochromis spekii (Boulenger, 1906)
- Haplochromis sphex (ter Huurne, Witte, 2010)
- Haplochromis squamipinnis (Regan, 1921)
- Haplochromis squamulatus (Regan, 1922)
- Haplochromis sulphureus (Greenwood, Barel, 1978)
- Haplochromis tanaos (van Oijen, Witte, 1996)
- Haplochromis taurinus (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis teegelaari (Greenwood, Barel, 1978)
- Haplochromis teunisrasi (Witte, Witte-Maas, 1981)
- Haplochromis theliodon (Greenwood, 1960)
- Haplochromis thereuterion (van Oijen, Witte, 1996)
- Haplochromis thuragnathus (Greenwood, 1967)
- Haplochromis tridens (Regan, Trewavas, 1928)
- Haplochromis turkanae (Greenwood, 1974)
- Haplochromis tyrianthinus (Greenwood, Gee, 1969)
- Haplochromis ushindi (Van Oijen, 2004)
- Haplochromis vanoijeni (de Zeeuw, Witte, 2010)
- Haplochromis velifer (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis venator (Greenwood, 1965)
- Haplochromis vicarius (Trewavas, 1933)
- Haplochromis victoriae (Greenwood, 1956)
- Haplochromis victorianus (Pellegrin, 1904)
- Haplochromis vittatus (Boulenger, 1901)
- Haplochromis vonlinnei (van Oijen, de Zeeuw, 2008)
- Haplochromis welcommei (Greenwood, 1966)
- Haplochromis worthingtoni (Regan, 1929)
- Haplochromis xanthopteryx (Seehausen, Bouton, 1998)
- Haplochromis xenognathus (Greenwood, 1957)
- Haplochromis xenostoma (Regan, 1922)

Mbipia

(Lippitsch, Seehausen, 1998)

- Mbipia mbipi (Lippitsch & Bouton, 1998)

Oreochromis

(Günther, 1889)

- Oreochromis esculentus (Graham, 1928) 
- Oreochromis leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933) 
- Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
- Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger, 1906)

Pundamilia

(Seehausen & Lippitsch 1998)

- Pundamilia azurea (Seehausen & Lippitsch 1998)

- Pundamilia igneopinnis (Seehausen & Lippitsch 1998)

- Pundamilia macrocephala (Seehausen, Bouton, 1998)

- Pundamilia nyererei (Witte-Maas, Witte, 1985)

- Pundamilia pundamilia (Seehausen & Bouton 1998)

Sarotherodon

(Rüppell, 1852)

- Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Tilapia

- Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)  
- Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) 

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