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Red fin hap

Copadichromis borleyi (Iles, 1960)

Status not recordedbony fish

The red fin hap (Copadichromis borleyi) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the red fin hap

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red fin hap live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the red fin hap as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Mexico

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the red fin hap endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the red fin hap classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusCopadichromis
  7. SpeciesCopadichromis borleyi (Iles, 1960)

Synonyms Cyrtocara borleyi, Haplochromis borleyi

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Haplochromis borleyi redfinEnglish
  • Haplochromis goldfinEnglish
  • 博氏桨鳍丽鱼Chinese
  • GuldfinnecichlideDanish
  • KadangoSpanish
  • ValkosaumautakaFinnish
  • MfufumaNyanja
  • pyszczak BorleyaPolish
  • ChakhutaTongan
  • NyakaluwaTumbuka
  • 博氏槳鰭麗魚Chinese
  • Cíclido malawiSpanish
  • Chigong'u wa blueTongan

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red fin hap

Other species in the same genus Copadichromis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the red fin hap an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the red fin hap as introduced in 1 country: Mexico, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the red fin hap?

The red fin hap (Copadichromis borleyi) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red fin hap (Copadichromis borleyi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-fin-hap

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BibTeX
@misc{red_fin_hap_2026,
  title = {Red fin hap (Copadichromis borleyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-fin-hap},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}