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Burton's Haplo

Astatotilapia burtoni (Günther, 1894)

Status not recordedbony fish

The burton's haplo (Astatotilapia burtoni) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the burton's haplo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the burton's haplo live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the burton's haplo as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Australia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the burton's haplo endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the burton's haplo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusAstatotilapia
  7. SpeciesAstatotilapia burtoni (Günther, 1894)

Synonyms Chromis burtoni, Haplochromis burtoni, Tilapia burtoni, Tilapia nadinae

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Burton's cichlidEnglish
  • Burton's mouth-brooderEnglish
  • Burton's mouthbrooderEnglish
  • tlamovec jikroskvrnnýCzech
  • sinisuuhautojaFinnish
  • Хаплохромис БуртониRussian
  • Nijerya ÇiklitiTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the burton's haplo

Other species in the same genus Astatotilapia.

Cichlid

Astatotilapia tweddlei

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the burton's haplo an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the burton's haplo as introduced in 1 country: Australia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the burton's haplo?

The burton's haplo (Astatotilapia burtoni) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Burton's Haplo (Astatotilapia burtoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/burtons-haplo

MLA

“Burton's Haplo (Astatotilapia burtoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/burtons-haplo.

BibTeX
@misc{burtons_haplo_2026,
  title = {Burton's Haplo (Astatotilapia burtoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/burtons-haplo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}