Gephyrochromis moorii
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Gephyrochromis |
| Species: | G. moorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Gephyrochromis moorii Boulenger, 1901 | |
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References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Gephyrochromis moorii" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- 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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