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Haplochromis howesi

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ498555 ↗
Source-derived summary

Haplochromis howesi is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. This species can reach a length of 16.3 centimetres (6.4 in) SL. The specific name honours the British taxonomist Gordon J. Howes (1938-2013) of the British Museum (Natural History).

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Haplochromis howesi” is species of fish. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Haplochromis, howesi and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1938, 2013—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Haplochromis, howesi and species is the immediate research focus.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q498555. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1938 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Haplochromis howesi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.