Hemichromis cf. camerounensis (Bitja-Nyom, Agnèse, Pariselle, Bilong-Bilong, Gilles & Snoeks)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 144

Hemichromis cf. camerounensis (Bitja-Nyom, Agnèse, Pariselle, Bilong-Bilong, Gilles & Snoeks)

( Fig. 29 , [LU])

Distribution. Lower Aberdeen Reservoir (GBIF.org, 2021; current survey); Upper Aberdeen Reservoir (current survey).

Native range. Africa.

Remarks. Identified as the newly described Hemichromis cf. camerounensis due to the presence of two red opercular spots accompanied by a large black spot, separating it from all other Hemichromis species ( Bitja-Nyom et al., 2021). However, DNA barcoding of the cytochrome b gene is necessary to confirm its identity, as some populations of Hemichromis elongatus are known to have the same feature ( Bitja-Nyom et al., 2021).

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Fig.29. Hemichromis camerounensis, 86.4 mm SL, Lower Aberdeen Reservoir.