Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

African jewelfish

Hemichromis bimaculatus

Description:

The African jewelfish, also known as jewel cichlid or JewlFish, is from the family cichlidae, and can grow up to 6 inches long. The origin for the African jewelfish is in the Nile river, Niger river and Congo river. There are many different species of the jewelfish. All different species behave the same and have the same conditions. The African jewelfish is not a community fish and cannot have any other fish in a tank with them. Because of their beauty many people desire them as pets. This fish is aggressive and preys on other fish.

Notes:

@ Kankaria Aquarium

1 Species ID Suggestions

African jewelfish
Hemichromis bimaculatus African jewelfish


Sign in to suggest organism ID

5 Comments

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Thanks saralagamage & Noel

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Nice!

Beautiful capture!

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

You're welcome Sachin!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Thanks again Stian for ID

Sachin Zaveri
Spotted by
Sachin Zaveri

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Spotted on Aug 15, 2012
Submitted on Aug 18, 2012

Related Spottings

African Jewel Cichlid African Jewelfish

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Spotting Halfblack Angelfish Koi-Carp

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team