Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis loati Greenwood, 1971

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occupies the hyacinth fringe in Sudd lakes and moves into submerged vegetation during the flood. Omnivorous, consumes algae, vegetable fragments, zooplankton, Caridina and insects. Males are twice as numerous as females (Ref. 28714).

Habitat

benthopelagic