Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis bayoni (Boulenger, 1909)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in waters with a hard substrate (sand and shingle). Also occurs in exposed sandy beaches and fairly exposed bays (Ref. 4983). Gut content of the specimens which were examined consisted entirely of finely macerated fish remains identifiable as small Cyprinids (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic