WoRMS taxon details
Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1857
581701 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581701)
accepted
Species
Hemichromis desguezii Rochebrune, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hemichromis leiguardii de Brito Capello, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1857). Neue Gattung von Chromiden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857.</em> : 403. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581701 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Peters, W. (C. H.). (1857). Neue Gattung von Chromiden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857.</em> : 403. [details]
original description (of Hemichromis leiguardii de Brito Capello, 1873) de Brito Capello, F. (1873). Primeria lista dos peixes da ilha da Madeira, Açores, e das possessões portuguezas d'Africa, que existem no Museu de Lisboa (Continuação). <em>Jornal do Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa.</em> v. 4: 83-88.
page(s): 85 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Hemichromis leiguardii de Brito Capello, 1873) de Brito Capello, F. (1873). Primeria lista dos peixes da ilha da Madeira, Açores, e das possessões portuguezas d'Africa, que existem no Museu de Lisboa (Continuação). <em>Jornal do Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa.</em> v. 4: 83-88.
page(s): 85 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemichromis fasciatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemichromis desguezii Rochebrune, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemichromis leiguardii de Brito Capello, 1873)
To GenBank (98 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hemichromis fasciatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemichromis desguezii Rochebrune, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Hemichromis leiguardii de Brito Capello, 1873)
To GenBank (98 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS