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Species in the genus Hemichromis: [ 9 ] records

angolensis, Hemichromis Steindachner [F.] 1865:5 [Memorias da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa Classe de Sciencias Mathematicas e Naturaes. Nova Serie. v. 3 (pt 2); ref. 21707] Angola, probably in the Cuanza basin [Duque de Bragança [now Calandula], at the Lucala River, Cuanza drainage, Angola.] Neotype: ZMB 22145. Type locality from de Brito Capella 1873 [ref. 17970]. Hemichromis angolae is an unjustified emendation (in ref. 17970). Type [MB [Lisbon Mus.] BC 3] lost, see Bell-Cross 1975:426 [ref. 6825]. Neotype designated by Lamboj & Koblmüller 2022:[13] [ref. 39796]. •Uncertain -- (Daget et al. 1991:544 [ref. 20942]). •Valid as Hemichromis angolensis Steindachner 1865 -- (Skelton 2019:236 [ref. 36564], Lamboj & Koblmüller 2022:[13] [ref. 39796]). Current status: Valid as Hemichromis angolensis Steindachner 1865. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Cuanza, Zambezi and Okavango River basins. Habitat: freshwater.

auritus, Hemichromis Gill [T. N.] 1862:135 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1661] Gabon River, West Africa. Syntypes: ANSP 9036 (1), USNM 4096 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:56 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot 1861) -- (Daget & Teugels 1991:189 [ref. 20957], Bitja-Nyom et al. 2021:3796 [ref. 38608]). Current status: Synonym of Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot 1861). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

camerounensis, Hemichromis Bitja-Nyom [A. R.], Agnèse [J. F.], Pariselle [A.], Bilong-Bilong [C. F.], Gilles [A.] & Snoeks [J.] 2021:3787, Fig. 2e-f [Hydrobiologia v. 848; ref. 38608] Avoo River, Sanaga basin, between the villages Batchenga and Ndji, Cameroon, 04°19'36.2"N. 11°40'22.1"E. Holotype: MRAC 2015.019.P.0001. Paratypes: MRAC. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Hemichromis camerounensis Bitja-Nyom, Agnèse, Pariselle, Bilong-Bilong, Gilles & Snoeks 2021 -- (Lamboj & Koblmüller 2022:[12] [ref. 39796], Chan et al. 2023:144 [ref. 40365] as cf. camerounensis). Current status: Valid as Hemichromis camerounensis Bitja-Nyom, Agnèse, Pariselle, Bilong-Bilong, Gilles & Snoeks 2021. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: coastal basins of Cameroon (and upper Chad basin) and southeastern Nigeria. Habitat: freshwater.

desguezii, Hemichromis Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1880:168 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3790] Casamance River and Gambia River, western Africa. No types known. •Synonym of Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857 -- (Daget & Teugels 1991:191 [ref. 20957], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:739 [ref. 21590] with uncertainty, Bitja-Nyom et al. 2021:3793 [ref. 38608]). Current status: Synonym of Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

elongatus, Chromichthys Guichenot [A.] in Duméril 1861:257, Pl. 22 (fig. 3) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gabon. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1111. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:204 [ref. 20868]. •Valid as Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot 1861) -- (Daget & Teugels 1991:189 [ref. 20957], Skelton 1993:294 [ref. 24071], Fuller et al. 1999:431 [ref. 25838], Skelton 2001:294 [ref. 27406], Mundy 2005:420 [ref. 28379], Stiassny et al. 2007:341 [ref. 30045], Marshall 2011:210 [ref. 31755] dated 1859, Bruton et al. 2018:87 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:229, 236 [ref. 36564], Kisekelwa et al. 2020:[11] 710 [ref. 38315], Bitja-Nyom et al. 2021:3796 [ref. 38608], Munene et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1688 [ref. 39000], Fermon et al. 2022:246 [ref. 39448], Walsh et al. 2022:[6] [ref. 39281], Lamboj & Koblmüller 2022:[12] [ref. 39796]). Current status: Valid as Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot 1861). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: West-central Africa: coastal rivers of Lower Guinea and middle Congo basin. Introduced in Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.

fasciatus, Hemichromis Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1857:403 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1857; ref. 3450] "Africa occidentalis, Guinea" (Ghana according to Loiselle 1979). Syntypes: ZMB 4287 (2); RMNH 2278 (3). •Valid as Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857 -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:122 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477], Daget & Teugels 1991:190 [ref. 20957], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:739 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:265 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:47 [ref. 28023], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:541 [ref. 29996], Schelly & Stiassny in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2709 [ref. 34618], Pezold et al. 2016:106 [ref. 34870], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036] as cf. fasciatus, Trape 2018:38 [ref. 40217], Bitja-Nyom et al. 2021:3793 [ref. 38608] dated 1858, Lamboj & Koblmüller 2022:[12] [ref. 39796], Chan et al. 2023:144 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: West Africa. Introduced in Austria and Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.

frempongi, Hemichromis Loiselle [P. V.] 1979:23, Fig. 6b [Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques No. 228; ref. 8810] Lake Bosumptwi at Abono, Ghana. Holotype: MRAC 173001. Paratypes: MRAC 153296-308 (13), 173002-012 (11). •Valid as Hemichromis frempongi Loiselle 1979 -- (Daget & Teugels 1991:192 [ref. 20957]). •Synonym of Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857 -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:739 [ref. 21590], Lamboj & Koblmüller 2022:[17] [ref. 39796]). Current status: Synonym of Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

leiguardii, Hemichromis de Brito Capello [F.] 1873:85 [Jornal do Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa v. 4; ref. 17970] Guinea-Bissau. Syntypes: (5). •Synonym of Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857 -- (Daget & Teugels 1991:191 [ref. 20957], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:739 [ref. 21590], Bitja-Nyom et al. 2021:3793 [ref. 38608]). Current status: Synonym of Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

violacea, Hemichromis fasciatus var. Pellegrin [J.] 1922:269 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 15361] Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1922-0007. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:212 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857 -- (Daget & Teugels 1991:192 [ref. 20957], Bitja-Nyom et al. 2021:3793 [ref. 38608]). Current status: Synonym of Hemichromis fasciatus Peters 1857. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.