Description

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Common Names

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Entonga , Chiga (Kiga) , Uganda

Papyrushautoja , Finnish , Finland

Papyrus Maulbrüter , German , Germany

Entonga , Konzo , Uganda

銅色樸麗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

铜色朴丽鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis aeneocolor Greenwood, 1973

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Common near papyrus shores (Ref. 4983). Apparently it never occurs offshore. Seems to be a detritus feeder since plant fragments and insect larvae are predominant elements of the gut (Ref. 558).

Habitat

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benthopelagic