Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Otopharynx

Species: Otopharynx speciosus (Trewavas, 1935)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Probably lives over sandy substrate. Caught in fairly deep water off sandy beaches. Piscivore, feeds on fish like Engraulicypris sardella (Ref. 5595).

Habitat

demersal