Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Haplochromis

Species: Haplochromis serranus (Pfeffer, 1896)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in sheltered bays and gulfs where the bottom is of soft organic mud. All localities were less than 500 m from the shore (Ref. 4983). Feeds on fish, predominantly Haplochromis (Ref. 558).

Habitat

benthopelagic