Endangered
Pointedhead Haplo
Trematocranus microstoma
Pointedhead Haplo, known in the aquarium trade as the "Haplochromis placodon pointed head" is a cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is found in shallow waters close to shore, apparently showing a preference for areas with plentiful vegetation.
The cichlid
This species can reach a length of 23.2 centimetres (9.1 in) TL.
Cichlids are perch-like freshwater fishes with a second set of jaws in the throat. Many species mouth-brood the young.
Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.
Range and habitat
Pointedhead Haplo, known in the aquarium trade as the "Haplochromis placodon pointed head" is a cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi where it is found in shallow waters close to shore, apparently showing a preference for areas with plentiful vegetation. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
Cichlids defend a territory or a brood. Diet in the family runs from algae scrapers to piscivores; this page does not invent a menu for one species.
In crisis
Pointedhead Haplo is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Pointedhead Haplo — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3316587. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
