Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis martini (Boulenger, 1906)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on exposed shores and in sheltered bays, over both sand and mud but probably not close inshore (Ref. 4983). Feeds mainly on fish, also on Diptera larvae (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic