Haplochromis sauvagei (Pfeffer, 1896)

Family:  Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Max. size:  10.5 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Africa: Lake Victoria.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits the littoral zone where the bottom is hard; especially common over exposed sandy beaches (Ref. 4983). Feeds mainly on gastropods, bottom deposits, which include insect larvae, copepods and diatoms, and Insecta (chiefly larval boring may-flies, Povilla adusta) (Ref. 558).
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 31 March 2010 (D2) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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