{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Haplochromis simotes.jpg | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Witte, F. |author2=de Zeeuw, M.P. |date=2016 |title=''Haplochromis simotes'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T60581A97120939 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T60581A97120939.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Haplochromis simotes | authority = (Boulenger, 1911) | synonyms = *''Tilapia simotes'' <small>Boulenger, 1911</small> *''Neochromis simotes'' <small>(Boulenger, 1911)</small> }}
'''''Haplochromis simotes''''' is a species of cichlid endemic to the Victorian Nile where it is only known with certainty from Kakindu and questionable records from Ripon Falls, both in Uganda.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /> This species can reach a standard length of {{cvt|8.7|cm|in}}.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Haplochromis|species= simotes| month = February | year = 2013}}</ref> This algae-feeder (leading to comparisons with ''Tropheus'') is found in fast-flowing waters over a rocky bottom. Although rated as data deficient by the IUCN, its range is very small and it could easily become extinct as a result of already-planned dams.<ref name=Sayer2018>{{cite book | author1=Sayer, C.A. | author2=L. Máiz-Tomé | author3=W.R.T. Darwall | year=2018 | title=Freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin: Guidance for species conservation, site protection, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods | publisher=Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN | doi=10.2305/IUCN.CH.2018.RA.2.en | isbn=978-2-8317-1896-5 }}</ref>
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simotes Category:Endemic freshwater fish of Uganda Category:Fish described in 1911 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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