Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis pellegrini Regan, 1922

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits the relatively exposed sandy beaches near dense stands of submerged and emergent plants (Ref. 4983). The stomachs of the specimens which were examined contained an unidentifiable sludge, insect remains, Ephemeroptera pupae and Diptera larvae, and post-larval fish (fragmentary but identifiable as cichlids) (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic