Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 30. Diagnosis: Haplochromis labriformis is a small, moderately slender micrognathic species, with unequally bicuspid teeth, a single inner row in both jaws, and the caudal third part of the premaxilla edentulous (Ref. 95504). Body of the preserved specimen uniformly light brown, without markings (Ref. 95504).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis labriformis (Nichols & La Monte, 1938)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic