''Haplochromis obliquidens'' is an African 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 th ...

found in

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 ...

and the adjacent reaches of the

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest riv ...

. This species can reach a standard length of . Another species sometimes seen in the aquarium trade, ''

Haplochromis latifasciatus ''Formally Haplochromis latifasciatus, Now Astatotilapia Latifasciata'' is a species of cichlid that is endemic to Uganda where restricted to the Lake Kyoga system, including Lake Bisina (a medium-sized lake to the east of Lake Kyoga itself) and ...

'' of the

Lake Kyoga Lake Kyoga (literally 'the place of bathing' in Runyoro language) is a large shallow lake in Uganda, about in area and at an elevation of 1,033 metres. The Victoria Nile flows through the lake on its way from Lake Victoria to Lake Albert. The m ...

system, is frequently labelled as ''Haplochromis'' "zebra obliquidens", which sometimes cause confusion between the species. Unlike that species, ''H. obliquidens'' is not known from the aquarium trade.

References

obliquidens Fish described in 1888 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Haplochromis-stub