Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis pallidus (Boulenger, 1911)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Known from one locality only (an exposed, shallow and sandy beach) (Ref. 4983). The specimens which were examined contained moderately large quantities of bottom debris (sand grains, diatom frustules, and fragments of plant tissue) together with fragmentary insect larvae (? Diptera) (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic