Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis paropius Greenwood & Gee, 1969

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in off-shore areas with a mud bottom (Ref. 4983). The specimens which were examined contained large quantities of blue-green algae and diatoms and smaller amounts of other plant material. Fragmentary remains of Diptera larvae were found in some specimens (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic