Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis macrognathus Regan, 1922

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in sheltered gulfs with a hard or mud substrate, and exposed sandy beaches (Ref. 4983). Feeds on fish (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic