Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis maculipinna (Pellegrin, 1913)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits sheltered gulfs and bays where the substrate is either soft mud or sand and shingle. A few specimens were from exposed beaches and from deeper water (10.5-12 m) near off-shore islands (Ref. 4983). Feeds on fishes and insects (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic