Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis gowersii Trewavas, 1928

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits open beaches; off-shore islands; sheltered bays and gulfs; over soft and hard bottoms (Ref. 4983). Feeds on fish (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic