Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Otopharynx

Species: Otopharynx ovatus (Trewavas, 1935)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Normally seen in midwater, over rocks or sand. Feeds on the eggs of other cichlids (Ref. 5595).

Habitat

demersal