Description

Dorsal spines (total): 19 - 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 31 - 32.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Orthochromis

Species: Orthochromis uvinzae De Vos & Seegers, 1998

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Rheophilic species, confined to swift running waters; feeds on algae particularly belonging to the Bacillariophyceae and Chlorophyceae and some Cyanophyceae; mouthbrooder (Ref. 28906).

Habitat

benthopelagic