Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis pachycephalus Greenwood, 1967

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

All specimens but one were caught over soft bottoms some distance off-shore but close to islands (Ref. 4983). The specimens which were examined contained macerated fish remains in their stomachs. Fragments of Haplochromis species, other cichlids and cyprinids were identified in the samples (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic