This species is suspected of being paedophagous, because it shares attributes of its dentition, a heavy dentary or lower jaw, and thickened oral mucous membrane in which the teeth are buried, all characteristics found especially in other known paedophagous cichlids ( Oliver 2012 : 45 ).
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A burning sensation in the mouth can be a mucosal changes ", and " burning pain in the tongue or other oral mucous membranes ", and the International Headache Society defines it as " an intra-oral burning sensation for which no medical or dental cause can be found ".