Gephyrochromis moorii
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| Gephyrochromis moorii | |
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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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Gephyrochromis moorii is a species of haplochromine cichlid.[1] It is endemic to Lake Malawi, where it is found exclusively over open sand areas. 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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