Haplochromis obliquidens

Haplochromis obliquidens is an African species of cichlid found in Lake Victoria and the adjacent reaches of the Nile. This species can reach a standard length of 8.9 cm (3.5 in).^[2] Another species sometimes seen in the aquarium trade, Astatotilapia latifasciata of the Lake Kyoga system, is frequently labelled as Haplochromis "zebra obliquidens", which sometimes cause confusion between the species.^[3] Unlike that species, H. obliquidens is not known from the aquarium trade.^[4]

Haplochromis obliquidens
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Haplochromis
Species:	H. obliquidens
Binomial name
Haplochromis obliquidens (Hilgendorf, 1888)
Synonyms
Chromis obliquidens Hilgendorf, 1888 Ctenochromis obliquidens (Hilgendorf, 1888) Tilapia obliquidens (Hilgendorf, 1888) Hemitilapia bayoni Boulenger, 1908 Clinodon bayoni (Boulenger, 1908)