Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis plagiostoma Regan, 1922

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in sheltered and relatively shallow areas with either soft (mud) or hard (sand or shingle) substrate (Ref. 4983). The few specimens which were examined were found to be piscivorous, the prey being predominantly Haplochromis and less often, small Cyprinidae (probably Engraulis argenteus) (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic