Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis bartoni Greenwood, 1962

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in areas near dense plant stands, either sheltered or exposed, with hard or soft bottoms. Possibly most abundant some distance off-shore (between 200-300 m) (Ref. 4983). Feeds on fish: Cichlidae (Haplochromis) and Cyprinidae (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic