Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis ptistes Greenwood & Barel, 1978

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Known only from the type locality; an exposed area with a mud bottom (Ref. 4983). Feeds on mollusks (Ref. 13624).

Habitat

benthopelagic