Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis argenteus Regan, 1922

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits sheltered localities with a mud bottom. Some specimens were collected from more exposed areas with a hard substrate. Juveniles have been collected from exposed beaches (Ref. 4983). The gut content of the specimens which were examined consisted of insect remains (terrestrial insects & Ephemeroptera larvae) and fish remains of Engraulicypris argenteus (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic