''Haplochromis barbarae'' is a species of
cichlid
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted this ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...
where it may now be extinct. This species can reach a length of
SL.
The
honors Barbara Williams who illustrated many of Greenwood's papers.
References
barbarae
Fish of Lake Victoria
Endemic freshwater fish of Uganda
Fish described in 1967
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
{{Haplochromis-stub