Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis dentex Regan, 1922

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in sheltered bays with mud substrates, exposed sandy beaches, open off-shore waters with rock and shingle bottoms, and a fairly exposed bay with a hard substrate. Depth range extends to at least 7.5 m (Ref. 4983). Feeds on small Haplochromis (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic