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Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot, 1861)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Chromichthys elongatus Guichenot, 1861
Hemichromis auritus Gill, 1862
Homonyms
Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot, 1861)
Common names
Balk-juweelvis in Afrikaans
Banded Jewel Cichlid in English
Banded Jewelfish in English
Five Spot in English
Hohtotimanttiahven in language.
Impapati (sisubia) in language.
Jewel cichlid in English
Liuhunga in language.
Liwulungu in language.
Thlape in Tswana
Tlhapi in Tswana
fiveblotch jewelfish in English
fiveblotch jewelfish in English
Banded Jewel Cichlid in English
Balk-juweelvis in Afrikaans
Banded Jewelfish in English
Five Spot in English
Hohtotimanttiahven in language.
Impapati (sisubia) in language.
Liuhunga in language.
Liwulungu in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. 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
  4. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpeciesList.aspx?group=&state=HI&Sortby=1
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