Haplochromis ishmaeli

Haplochromis ishmaeli is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. It is currently considered to be critically endangered, though it may now be extinct in the wild. This species can reach a length of 13.6 centimetres (5.4 in) SL.^[2] A captive "insurance population" is maintained.^[3]

Haplochromis ishmaeli
At Bronx Zoo.
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Haplochromis
Species:	H. ishmaeli
Binomial name
Haplochromis ishmaeli Boulenger, 1906
Synonyms
Labrochromis ishmaeli (Boulenger, 1906)

Etymology

The specific name honours George Ishmael, who was an interpreter at the Police Court in Entebbe, who gave valuable assistance to the Swiss ornithologist Edward Degen while he was in Uganda.^[4]

A drawing of H. ishmaeli from 1907 by George Albert Boulenger.