Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis prognathus (Pellegrin, 1904)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in both sheltered and exposed localities where the substrate is hard (Ref. 4983). Feeds on fish, insects and plants (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic