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Hemichromis elongatus in Hawaii (USA)
Banded jewel cichlid

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Hemichromis elongatus   (Guichenot, 1861)
Family:	Cichlidae (Cichlids) , subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae			picture (Heelo_u1.jpg) by AC Tropical Fish
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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Hawaii (USA) country information
Common names:	Banded jewel cichlid, Five spot, Jewel cichlid		Ref:  Mundy, B.C., 2005
Status:	introduced		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	First noted in Wahiawâ Reservoir in 1991; now also found in Ho'omaluhia Reservoir, Waikele Stream, Kawainui Marsh, and Nu'uanu Stream on O'ahu (Ref. 44091). Also Ref. 58302.
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Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Yamamoto, M.N. and A.W. Tagawa, 2000
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	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07