Alluaud's Haplo

Astatoreochromis alluaudi

Fusiform Fish from the Congo Basin

Alluaud's Haplo is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cichlids and Allies
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Astatoreochromis
Maximum length: 19 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: lakes Edward, George, Kyoga, Victoria, Nakavali and Kachira, and the rivers and streams associated with these lakes, including the Semliki (Ref. 5602 , 126033 , 126038 ). It has been introduced into many areas of East Africa for biological mollusc control and now has a widespread distribution within the Victoria basin in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, including the upper Akagera basin in the Bugesera Depression in Burundi and Rwanda (Ref. 126033 ). Also introduced in Benue River basin in northern Cameroon (Ref. 126033 ). However, there are no reports that its introduction in Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Central Africa and Zambia has succeeded (Ref. 126033 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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