Gephyrochromis moorii

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Gephyrochromis moorii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Gephyrochromis
Species:
G. moorii
Binomial name
Gephyrochromis moorii
Boulenger, 1901
Synonyms [2]
  • Tilapia moorii(Boulenger, 1901)
  • Christyella nyasana Trewavas, 1935

Gephyrochromis moorii is a species of haplochromine cichlid. [1] It is endemic to Lake Malawi where is found exclusively over open sand areas, where it lives in small groups numbering between three and seven individuals [2] The males are not strictly territorial but defend feeding sites from other males. [1] The specific name honours the English cytologist and biologist John Edmund Sharrock Moore (1870-1947). [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P. (2018). "Gephyrochromis moorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T60934A47223751. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60934A47223751.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gephyrochromis moorii". FishBase . June 2018 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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