Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Longitudinal scale count 29-31; modal snout length 30.5% HL; maxilla not reaching to below orbit; mouth isognathous; large scaleless opercular spot; all gill rakers bluntly conical; inner tooth rows in lower jaw not extending posteriorly; outer-row teeth in lower jaw 34-48; caudal peduncle length 10.7-14.0% SL (Ref. 52072).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis oligolepis Lippitsch, 2003

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic