Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis melanopterus Trewavas, 1928

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Holotype collected from an area with a mud bottom (Ref. 4983). The stomach of the specimen which was examined was packed with early embryos of a cichlid fish (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic