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A male of Hemichromis fasciatus from the Ébrié Lagoon at Grand Bassam, at the mouth of the Komoé River [Ivory Coast], in the aquarium of Francesco Zezza [Ivory Coast]. Photo by Francesco Zezza. determiner Rico Morgenstern

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus
Hemichromis

Status
valid

Curator
Rico Morgenstern

Published:
03-Dec-2011

Last updated on:
03-Dec-2011

Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1858

Banded Jewel Fish; Fünffleckbuntbarsch.

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Original description as Hemichromis fasciatus:

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Peters, W.. 1858. "Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuß. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin - Neue Gattung von Chromiden". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 401-403 (crc00105)

Synonyms (2):

Hemichromis leiguardii de Brito Capello, 1873, with type locality at Guinea-Bissau. Determiner: Boulenger, 1898
Hemichromis fasciatus violacea Pellegrin, 1922, with type locality at Senegal. Determiner: Daget et al., 1991

Conservation: Hemichromis fasciatus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2010).