Haplochromis chilotes (Boulenger, 1911)

Description


Taxonomic Hierarchy


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis chilotes (Boulenger, 1911)

Climate Zone


  • Tropical
  • Location


    Biology


    Occurs in sheltered sublittoral and littoral zones with a hard substrate. Few specimens caught over mud (Ref. 4983). Feeds mainly on the larvae of the mayfly Povilla adusta; also on Trichoptera and Diptera larvae (Ref. 558).

    Habitat


    benthopelagic