IRMNG - Hemichromis Peters, 1857

IRMNG taxon details

Hemichromis Peters, 1857

IRMNG_ID

1201614 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1201614)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Chromichthys Guichenot in Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted

Pelamtochromis · unaccepted

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Species Hemichromis angolensis Steindachner, 1865
Species Hemichromis bimaculatus Gill, 1862
Species Hemichromis cerasogaster (Boulenger, 1899)
Species Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot, 1858)
Species Hemichromis exsul
Species Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1857
Species Hemichromis frempongi Loiselle, 1979
Species Hemichromis guttatus Günther, 1862
Species Hemichromis letourneuxi Sauvage, 1880
Species Hemichromis lifalili Loiselle, 1979
Species Hemichromis sacer
Species Hemichromis stellifer Loiselle, 1979
Species Hemichromis afer Günther, 1894 accepted as Cynotilapia afra (Günther, 1894)
Species Hemichromis auritus Gill, 1862 accepted as Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot, 1858)
Species Hemichromis bloyeti Sauvage, 1883 accepted as Haplochromis bloyeti (Sauvage, 1883)
Species Hemichromis cavifrons (Hilgendorf, 1888) accepted as Haplochromis cavifrons (Hilgendorf, 1888)
Species Hemichromis cristatus Loiselle, 1979 accepted as Hemichromis bimaculatus Gill, 1862
Species Hemichromis desguezu Rochebrune, 1890 accepted as Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1857
Species Hemichromis dimidiatus Günther, 1864 accepted as Dimidiochromis dimidiatus (Günther, 1864)
Species Hemichromis frederici (Castelnau, 1861) accepted as Sargochromis greenwoodi (Bell-Cross, 1975)
Species Hemichromis gigliolii Pfeffer, 1896 accepted as Haplochromis gigliolii (Pfeffer, 1896)
Species Hemichromis guentheri Sauvage, 1882 accepted as Chromidotilapia guentheri (Sauvage, 1882)
Species Hemichromis intermedius Günther, 1864 accepted as Ctenopharynx intermedius (Günther, 1864)
Species Hemichromis jallae Boulenger, 1896 accepted as Serranochromis robustus (Günther, 1864)
Species Hemichromis leiguardii Capello, 1873 accepted as Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1857
Species Hemichromis letourneauxi Sauvage, 1880 accepted as Hemichromis letourneuxi Sauvage, 1880
Species Hemichromis livingstonii Günther, 1894 accepted as Nimbochromis livingstonii (Günther, 1894)
Species Hemichromis longiceps Günther, 1864 accepted as Rhamphochromis longiceps (Günther, 1864)
Species Hemichromis longirostris (Hilgendorf, 1888) accepted as Haplochromis longirostris (Hilgendorf, 1888)
Species Hemichromis modestus Günther, 1894 accepted as Stigmatochromis modestus (Günther, 1894)
Species Hemichromis retrodens (Hilgendorf, 1888) accepted as Hoplotilapia retrodens (Hilgendorf, 1888)
Species Hemichromis robustus Günther, 1864 accepted as Serranochromis robustus (Günther, 1864)
Species Hemichromis rolandi Sauvage, 1881 accepted as Hemichromis letourneuxi Sauvage, 1880
Species Hemichromis sacra Günther, 1865 accepted as Tristramella sacra (Günther, 1865)
Species Hemichromis saharae Sauvage, 1880 accepted as Hemichromis letourneuxi Sauvage, 1880
Species Hemichromis schwebischi Sauvage, 1884 accepted as Oreochromis schwebischi (Sauvage, 1884)
Species Hemichromis serranus Pfeffer, 1896 accepted as Haplochromis serranus (Pfeffer, 1896)
Species Hemichromis subocellatus Günther, 1872 accepted as Pelvicachromis subocellatus (Günther, 1872)
Species Hemichromis tersquamatus Günther, 1899 accepted as Chromidotilapia guentheri (Sauvage, 1882)
Species Hemichromis thomasi (Boulenger, 1915) accepted as Anomalochromis thomasi (Boulenger, 1915)
Species Hemichromis voltae Steindachner, 1887 accepted as Chromidotilapia guentheri (Sauvage, 1882)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

MonatsBer. Akad. Berlin, 1857
page(s): 403 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Hemichromis Peters, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1201614 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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original description MonatsBer. Akad. Berlin, 1857
page(s): 403 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Chromichthys Guichenot in Duméril, 1861) Arch. Mus. Paris, 10, 1858-1861, 257 & pl. 22, fig
page(s): 3 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae [details]

Type species as cited Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857 [details]

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