The Craterocephalus laisapi lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.
A new species of freshwater hardyhead, Craterocephalus laisapi, is described from the Ira Siquero River (8°26.36’S 127°10.17’E), East Timor. This is the first record of the genus which has hitherto been known only from Australia and from the southern rivers of the island of New Guinea. More