Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis cavifrons (Hilgendorf, 1888)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Relatively common a few hundred meters off-shore over hard substrates. Few specimens caught over mud (Ref. 4983).

Habitat

benthopelagic