Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis mylergates Greenwood & Barel, 1978

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits relatively exposed areas with a mud bottom (Ref. 4983). The specimens which were examined contained fragments of the gastropod, Melanoides tuberculata,in their stomachs and intestines (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic