Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Otopharynx

Species: Otopharynx decorus (Trewavas, 1935)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

The young are very common on Namalenje Island, Malawi at an average depth of 6 m. Feeds on invertebrates being sifted from the thin layer of sediment on the substrate (Ref. 5595).

Habitat

demersal