Haplochromis megalops Greenwood & Gee 1969

Mouthbrooding by female.

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).

Haplochromis megalops is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria. This species can reach a length of 8.1 centimetres (3.2 in) SL.