Author: Seehausen, Bouton & Zwennes, 1998
Remark: Name is a junior primary homonym of <i>Haplochromis cyaneus</i> Trewavas, 1935. According to Article 23.9.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature a replacement name is not needed (MRAC pers. comm.). This species is uncertain in <i>Haplochromis</i> in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883).
Comments: Restricted to rocky substrates; lives and feeds exclusively on the surface of rocky substrates, usually exposed to wave action; never observed or collected in crevices, and rarely in sheltered embayment; feeds predominantly on Chironomid larvae that live among algal filaments on the surface of rocks; polygynous female mouth brooder with maternal parental care (Ref. 27668). 