Haplochromis spekii
Species of fish
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Haplochromis spekii is a species of cichlid found in Lake Victoria and the adjacent reaches of the Nile. This species reaches a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.[2] The specific name of this species honours John Henning Speke (1827-1864), the English explorer who, with James Augustus Grant, discovered a major source of the Nile was Lake Victoria.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Haplochromis |
| Species: | H. spekii |
| Binomial name | |
| Haplochromis spekii (Boulenger, 1906) | |
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