Specimen Information

Hemichromis letourneuxi
Hemichromis letourneuxi
(African Jewelfish)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID31735
GroupFishes
GenusHemichromis
Speciesletourneuxi
Common NameAfrican Jewelfish
StateFL
CountyMiami-Dade
Localitycanals in Dade County
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameEverglades
HUC8 Number03090202
HUC10 Number0309020615
Map
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Collection Year1980
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayescaped captivity aquaculture | released aquarium
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:164
Author:Williams, J.D., D. Jennings, and D. Haney.
Date:1992
Title:Exotics in the Indian River Lagoon system.
Journal:manuscript
Reference 2
Ref. Number:275
Author:Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr.
Date:1980
Title:Atlas of North American freshwater fishes.
Publisher:North Carolina State Museum of Natural History
Issue:12
Pages:854 pp
Reference 3
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
Commentsoriginally misidentified as H. bimaculatus.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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