Variabilichromis moorii

Variabilichromis moorii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Lamprologini
Genus: Variabilichromis
Colombé & Allgayer, 1985
Species:
V. moorii
Binomial name
Variabilichromis moorii
(Boulenger, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Lamprologus moorii (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Neolamprologus moorii (Boulenger, 1898)

Variabilichromis moorii has no common name and is a species of freshwater cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa. It is a small ovate bodied fish named for an early collector of fish from the lake, John Edmund Sharrock Moore (1870–1947) who was a cytologist, zoologist and led an expedition to Lake Tanganyika and who discovered this species.[2] Juveniles are usually yellow, and adults are dark brown to black in color.[3] It reaches a total length (TL) of 10.3 centimetres (4.1 in). Currently it is the only member of its genus. V. moorii feeds on algae, zooplankton, and benthic invertebrates. It is also found in the aquarium trade.[4]

Shows Lake Tanganyika in Africa
  1. ^ Bigirimana, C. (2006). "Neolamprologus moorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60613A12384127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60613A12384127.en.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (25 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (p-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. ^ Borstein, Sam. "Variabilichromis Moori (Boulenger, 1898)." Sam Borstein's Cichlids. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013. <http://www.borstein.info/profiles/tanganyika/variabilichromis.html>.
  4. ^ Konings, Ad (1996). Back to Nature: Guide to Tanganyika Cichlids. Jonsered, Sweden: Back to Nature. pp. 77, 78. ISBN 978-3-928457-37-8.