Description

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Common Names

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Entonga , Chiga (Kiga) , Uganda

Entonga , Konzo , Uganda

臼牙朴丽鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

臼牙樸麗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis mylodon Greenwood, 1973

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Found near the shoreline over mud and mud-sand substrates (Ref. 4983). Feeds mainly on gastropods, particularly Melanoides tuberculata. Chironomid larvae are also eaten (Ref. 558).

Habitat

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benthopelagic