Biology:Gephyrochromis moorii
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Gephyrochromis moorii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Genus: | Gephyrochromis |
Species: | G. moorii
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Binomial name | |
Gephyrochromis moorii Boulenger, 1901
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60934/47223751. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Gephyrochromis moorii" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1940961 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gephyrochromis moorii.
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