| Specimen ID | 31267 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Hemichromis |
| Species | letourneuxi |
| Common Name | African Jewelfish |
| State | FL |
| County | Miami-Dade |
| Locality | Tamiami Canal, at junction with Coral Gables Canal |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Florida Southeast Coast |
| HUC8 Number | 03090206 |
| HUC10 Name | Tamiami Canal |
| HUC10 Number | 0309020615 |
| HUC12 Name | Tamiami Canal |
| HUC12 Number | 030902061500 |
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| Collection Year | 1980 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 463 |
| Author: | Loftus, W.F., and J.A. Kushlan |
| Date: | 1987 |
| Title: | Freshwater fishes of southern Florida. |
| Journal: | Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 147-344 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 664 |
| Author: | Loiselle, P.V. |
| Date: | 1979 |
| Title: | A revision of the genus Hemichromis Peters 1858 (Teleostei: Cichlidae). |
| Journal: | Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Série Zoology) |
| Volume: | 228 |
| Pages: | 1-124 |
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| Comments | Littoral areas of canal, marginal vegetation and cavities along banks. Jewelfish were observed nesting closely to the spawning beds of Tilapia mariae and Cichlasoma bicmaculatum. Possible due to aggressive nature. Orig. misident. as H. bimaculatus. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Verifier | Loftus, Kushlan |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
