Haplochromis megalops Greenwood & Gee, 1969
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 Family:  Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
 Max. size:  8.1 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  benthopelagic; depth range 3 - 9 m
 Distribution:  Africa: Lake Victoria.
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Inhabits sheltered bays with a mud substrate or a substrate of interposed sand and mud patches (Ref. 4983). The predominant ingested material in the specimens which were examined consisted of macerated dipterous (?chironomid) larvae, together with small quantities of bottom mud (Ref. 558).
 IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (D2) (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Teugels, Guy - 16.12.92
 Modified by: Sa-a, Pascualita - 17.03.94
 Checked by: Sa-a, Pascualita - 17.03.94

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