Taxonomy & naming
Haplochromis sp. "Entebbe" is a trade label for an undescribed Lake Victoria cichlid. Rick Borstein (GCCA, 2014) says it was collected near the city of Entebbe, Uganda, and that like many Victorian fish it has no official scientific name. He thinks it looks a lot like Neochromis nigricans, especially when young, but other hobbyists think the mouth may be atypical for Neochromis. The form is undescribed, so it has no valid name, authority or year.
Morphology
Rick Borstein (GCCA, 2014) describes males with barring over a tan-gold base coat. The dorsal and tail fins are edged in red, and the tail has prominent egg spots. Females are non-descript. No adult length is given.
Habitat
Rick Borstein (GCCA, 2014) writes that it is a shallow-water fish usually found over rocks, and that it was collected near Entebbe, Uganda. No more precise locality is recorded.
Feeding
Rick Borstein (GCCA, 2014) has not seen a stomach-content analysis and guesses the fish is omnivorous. His fish readily ate flake food, Repashy Spawn and Grow, New Life Spectrum and Xtreme pellets.
Mating
Rick Borstein (GCCA, 2014) says the dominant male aggressively chased the females at first, which made them hard to condition.
Breeding
Rick Borstein (GCCA, 2014) says the fish is a mouthbrooder. He placed adults a bit over 2 in in a 75 US gal tank with a sand substrate and plenty of PVC and rockwork. Repashy Spawn and Grow, a high-protein gel food, conditioned the females, and within a week or two two of them were holding. He let one hold for 14 days and stripped 42 fry. He offered live baby brine shrimp as a first food, and the fry grew quickly.
In the aquarium
Rick Borstein (GCCA, 2014) calls it a somewhat aggressive cichlid that should not present problems for keepers with a tank 4 ft or longer. He advises cover such as rocks and caves and breaking up vertical sight lines. His group did well in ordinary Chicago water (pH 7.4) at 79 °F. Two-inch (2 in) juveniles were $8 to $12 each from cichlid-focused specialty sites.
Conservation
An undescribed form has no IUCN category, and none is claimed here. Population and range data for it are not documented in the atlas's sources.