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Hemichromis elongatus in Botswana
Banded jewel cichlid

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Hemichromis elongatus   (Guichenot, 1861)
Family:	Cichlidae (Cichlids) , subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae			picture (Heelo_u0.jpg) by Albering, J.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Banded jewel cichlid
Max. size:	15.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5644)
Environment:	benthopelagic; pH range: 7; dH range: 15
Climate:	tropical; 23 - 25°C
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm<1)
Distribution:	Africa: coastal basins in southeastern Guinea, Sierra Leone and southwestern Liberia, and from Togo to Angola, including the Niger Delta region, the entire Congo River basin and the upper Zambezi (Ref. 43352).
Diagnosis:	A magenta spot on the gill cover provides the best diagnostic characteristic; body Olive-green with five dark vertical bands, but the bands are not obvious in large males which assume a very dark to almost black coloration (Ref. 44091).
Biology:	Found in shallow lakes and streams (Ref. 58302). Highly predaceous and thus used in some areas for tilapia control; feeds on fish, shrimp and aquatic insects; very aggressive and territorial (Ref. 44091); the parents guard the nest and larvae (Ref. 7248). Oviparous (Ref. 205)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Kullander, Sven O.
Main Ref:	Daget, J. and G.G. Teugels. 1991. (Ref. 5644)
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Botswana country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Okavango Delta in the Boteti River, Thamalakane River, Nxaraga Lagoon, Xakanixa Lagoon, Magwexana Lagoon, mainstream channel and Dungu Lagoon.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bc.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Merron, G.S. and M.N. Bruton, 1995
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	Modified:  Capuli, Estelita Emily	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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