Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Orthochromis

Species: Orthochromis kalungwishiensis (Greenwood & Kullander, 1994)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Rheophilic (Ref. 52307). Collected from clear, fast-flowing waters. The type series was taken from down to 2 m depth close to the shore, over rocky bottoms. Water temperature was 20.7 °C, pH 6.8, conductivity 25.7 µS, dissolved oxygen 9.3 mg/l (Ref. 26626).

Habitat

benthopelagic