After Sir H.H.Johnston collector of type material.

Haplochilus johnstonii Günther 1893

Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p.627

Also described by Boulenger in 1908 in Ann. Natal Mus. i 1908, p.220.

47 mm (Boulenger 1915)

• D = 7-8, A = 13-14, ll = 28-29 (Boulenger 1915)

Populations

• Bunkeya
• Ellisras
• Harare
• Ipinda
• Karonga
• Kyela
• Lebuvu River Kruger National Park, South Africa.
• Mansa
• Mungo
• Nylpanne
• Pinda S.W.Tanzania (sp.aff.johnstoni)
• Zambia

Boulenger gives the following collectors / locations in his 1915 Catalogue.

• 1-8. (Types) collected at Fort Johnston by A.Whyte & Sir H.H.Johnston
• 9. Collected at Indukuduku, Zululand by Dr.E.Warren

Bob Gunn in BKA Newsletter No. 311, August 1991 bred them in a 12 x 8 x 8" tank with water at 72 - 74°F, pH 8. The natural method was used with eggs layed in plants & allowed to hatch in the parents tank.
Eggs that were collected were incubated in water for 14-20 days at 72 - 74°F. Egg yield was reportedly quite low with 3 - 4 per day up to a maximum of 8. Newly hatched fry will take newly hatched brine shrimp & microworm.
Sexing out starts at 14 weeks of age where the fish are about 1".