[2] Hemichromis lifalili, common name blood-red jewel cichlid, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae.

[6][5] They are red-orange or bright red with rows of small blue spots all over the body, the head and fins.

Outside the spawning season adult males and females can be distinguished mainly by their body shape.

[5] After five and a half days, the fry swims freely and are led mainly by the female, while the male is mainly engaged in the defense of the territory.

[6] In oxygen-depleted waters, in rapids and in swampy habitats this species is missing.