Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis lacrimosus (Boulenger, 1906)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits exposed sandy beaches (Ref. 4983). The stomach and intestinal contents of the specimens which were examined consisted of fine sand grains, bottom detritus (incl. fragments of plant epidermis and diatom frustules), some Cladocera, and insect larvae (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic