Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis annectidens Trewavas, 1933

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs mainly in the vicinity of or amongst marginal vegetation, only rarely over exposed sandy beaches away from rooted plants (Ref. 4983). Does not enter deeply into the marginal swamps and is rarely recorded at the swamp ends of inlets. A common gut content is a barely recognizable mush of plant debris, both algal & phanerogamic, with blue-green algae predominating. Also Diptera larvae, plant epidermis, diatoms & filamentous green algae (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic