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]

Gephyrochromis moorii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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

References

1. 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. 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.