Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Otopharynx

Species: Otopharynx selenurus Regan, 1922

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs over sandy substrates. Move around with large sand-digging species and feed from the particles thrown up by the large hosts (Ref. 5595).

Habitat

demersal