Haplochromis apogonoides
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Haplochromis apogonoides is a species of fish
in the cichlid
family. It is endemic to Lake Victoria
, but has not been seen since 1983. It may be extinct, but is maintained as Critically Endangered
by the IUCN in the small chance that a tiny –but currently unknown– population survives.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the cichlid
Cichlid
Cichlids are fishes from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses , damselfish , and surfperches . This family is both large and diverse. At least 1,300 species have been scientifically described, making it one of...
family. It is endemic to Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake....
, but has not been seen since 1983. It may be extinct, but is maintained as Critically Endangered
Critically Endangered
Critically Endangered is the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN Red List for wild species. Critically Endangered means that a species' numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations....
by the IUCN in the small chance that a tiny –but currently unknown– population survives.