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Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1857

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1857). Neue Gattung von Chromiden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857.</em> : 403.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Cichlidae
genus
Hemichromis
species
Hemichromis fasciatus

Name

Synonyms
Hemichromis desguezii Rochebrune, 1880
Hemichromis leiguardii de Brito Capello, 1873
Homonyms
Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1857
Common names
Balk-juweelvis in Afrikaans
Boryi in Ewe
Buux in Wolof
Caxat in Wolof
Cichlid in English
Czerwienak Piecioplamy in Polish
Eji (nupe) in language.
Five-spot Cichlid in English
Fünfflecken-Buntbarsch in German
Gbamgbama (krio) in language.
Gunimuti (karwri) in language.
Gursh in Arabic
Hemichromis in French
Jewel Fish in English
Kanzema (chokwe) in language.
Khoss in Wolof
Koeyei (krio) in language.
Koro in Yoruba
Ku-wale (krio) in language.
Kulkula in Hausa
Loku in Irish
Lutundwa (lwena) in language.
Lwasa in language.
Mafarato (krio) in language.
Mbungo in language.
Nkoro in Igbo
Nngúwan (carolinian) in language.
Perche Africane in French
Sese (chokwe) in language.
Suur Duul in Wolof
Thundwa in language.
Thundwa (lwena) in language.
Tsha Wamba (chokwe) in language.
Tsha wamba in language.
Tshikele (chokwe) in language.
Täplätimanttiahven in Finnish
banded jewelfish in English
banded jewelfish in English
Полосатый хромис in Russian
弗氏伴丽鱼 in language.
弗氏伴麗魚 in Chinese
條紋伴麗魚 (mandarin Chinese) in Chinese
Banded Jewelfish in English
Balk-juweelvis in Afrikaans
Boryi in Ewe
Buux in Wolof
Caxat in Wolof
Cichlid in English
Czerwienak Piecioplamy in Polish
Doubopulofunu in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. Peters, W. (C. H.). (1857). Neue Gattung von Chromiden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857.</em> : 403.
  4. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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