Haplochromis simotes

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Haplochromis simotes.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Witte, F. |author2=de Zeeuw, M.P. |date=2016 |title=Haplochromis simotes |volume=2016 |page=e.T60581A97120939 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T60581A97120939.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Haplochromis simotes

| authority = (Boulenger, 1911)

| synonyms = *Tilapia simotes Boulenger, 1911

• Neochromis simotes (Boulenger, 1911)

}}

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. This species can reach a standard length of {{cvt|8.7|cm|in}}.{{FishBase |genus= Haplochromis|species= simotes| month = February | year = 2013}} 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.{{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=9782831718965 }}