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View Mode View All Pictures Species Yssichromis fusiformis (Greenwood & Gee 1969)    Yssichromis fusiformis was originally described as Haplochromis fusiformis by Greenwood & Gee in 1969. It belongs to the family Cichlidae. It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Eastern Africa: Lake Victoria.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   fusiformis AuthorWI   Greenwood [P. H.] & Gee [J. M.] AuthorNI   Greenwood & Gee Qualification   --- Year   1969 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Yssichromis Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Cichliformes Family   Cichlidae Genus   Yssichromis Original Name   Haplochromis         Taxon Name   fusiformis Original Combination   Haplochromis fusiformis Original Genus   Haplochromis Original Genus Species   Haplochromis fusiformis OriginalSubGenus   Haplochromis Original Author   Greenwood & Gee Original AuthorWI   Greenwood [P. H.] & Gee [J. M.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1969 Original Family   Cichlidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Buvuma Channel, west of Nienda and Vuga Islands, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], Uganda, depth 108 feet. Types   Paratypes: (9 of following) BMNH 1968.8.30.29-38 (10). Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   BMNH 1968.8.30.28 Journal   Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool. Citation   v. 18 (no. 1) Page   32 Illustrations   Fig. 20 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Yssichromis fusiformis Current Species   fusiformis Current Genus   Yssichromis Current AuthorWI   Greenwood [P. H.] & Gee [J. M.] Current AuthorNI   Greenwood & Gee Current Year   1969 Current Family   Cichlidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   demersal         Water   Fresh water Habitat Notes   Occurs in off-shore areas with a mud substrate (Ref. 4983). Feeds on insects (Ref. 558). Depth Range   From 27 to 33 meters.     Distribution   Eastern Africa: Lake Victoria. Current Summary   Valid as Yssichromis fusiformis  (Greenwood & Gee 1969). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.   Name History   • Valid as Haplochromis fusiformis  Greenwood & Gee 1969 -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:127 [ref. 20956]). • Valid as Yssichromis fusiformis  (Greenwood & Gee 1969) based on placement of type species. Common Names Picture Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations References No data to paginate Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   No data to display Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') No data to paginate Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…