Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 30 - 31.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis igneopinnis (Seehausen & Lippitsch, 1998)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs only in rocky substrates. Inhabits moderately steep ( restricted to slightly offshore areas beyond 2 m depth) and steep rocky shores (inhabiting immediately inshore waters where it lives in deep and wide gaps between big boulders) with medium sized to very big boulders. Feeds on algae and detritus.

Habitat

demersal