Victoria

The table below shows foods taken by each species. It is presented as a guide only. Many fish will take insects such as Chironomids & Ephemeroptera.

Species	Diet
Haplochromis acidens	Macrophytes
H.aelocephalus	Insects & molluscs
H.apogonoides	Unrecorded
H.barbarae	Not recorded
H.brownae	Insects
H.chilotes	Insects
H.chromogynos	Insects
H.cinctus	Phytoplankton & detritus
H.cinereus	Insects & detritus
H.cronus	Fish eggs & larvae
H.cryptodon	Fish eggs & larvae
H.empodisma	Detritus & insects
H.erythrocephalus	Phytoplankton
H.granti	Molluscs
H.guiarti	Fish & insects
H.humilior	Insects & molluscs
H.ishmaeli	Molluscs
H.lividus	Periphyton
H.macrops complex (5 species)	Insects & detritus
H.martini	Fish & insects
H.maxillaris	Fish eggs & larvae
H.melanopterus	Fish eggs & larvae
H.melichrous	Crustacea & insects
H.michaeli	Fish
H.microdon	Fish eggs & larvae
H.nigricans	Periphyton
H.nuchisquamulatus	Periphyton
H.obesus	Fish eggs & larvae
H.obliquidens	Periphyton
H.obtusidens	Insects & molluscs
H.pallidus	Insects & detritus
H.paropius	Phytoplankton
H.parorthostoma	Unrecorded
H.parvidens	Fish eggs & larvae
H.pharyngomylus	Molluscs
H.phytophagus	Insects & periphyton
H.prodromous	Molluscs
H.prognathus complex (20 species)	Fish
H.riponianus	Insects & molluscs
H.sauvagei	Molluscs
H.saxicola	Insects
H.serranus complex (11 species)	Fish
H.squamulatus	Fish
H.tridens complex (5 species)	Crustacea & insects
H.welcommei	Unknown
H.xenognathus	Molluscs
Macropleurodius bicolor	Molluscs & insects

References - Cichlid Fishes of Lake Victoria, East Africa - P.H.Greenwood.