Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9; Vertebrae: 28 - 30.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis pundamilia (Seehausen & Bouton, 1998)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Confined to rocky substrates. A cryptic species inhabiting moderately steep and steep shores with medium to large boulders, where it lives in large crevices between rocks, predominantly in shallow waters and in rock pools within emerged rocky reefs. Feeds mainly on benthic insect larvae, especially Ephemeroptera, but occasionally takes zooplankton, small fish and Bryozoa.

Habitat

demersal