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Life Cycle

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Mouthbrooding by female.
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Biology

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Usually collected from exposed sandy beaches and exposed shorelines with a hard substrate, few from sheltered bays with organic mud bottoms (Ref. 4983). Specimens which were examined contained soft parts of gastropods in the stomach (Ref. 558).
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Haplochromis granti

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Haplochromis granti is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria, though it may now be extinct. This species can reach a length of 12.2 centimetres (4.8 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the Scottish naturalist and explorer James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) who was the co-discoverer of Lake Victoria's role as a major source of the Nile, alongside John Henning Speke.[3]

References

  1. ^ Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P.; Brooks, E. (2010). "Haplochromis granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T18837A8647183. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T18837A8647183.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis granti" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 Aug 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
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Haplochromis granti: Brief Summary

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Haplochromis granti is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria, though it may now be extinct. This species can reach a length of 12.2 centimetres (4.8 in) SL. The specific name honours the Scottish naturalist and explorer James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) who was the co-discoverer of Lake Victoria's role as a major source of the Nile, alongside John Henning Speke.

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