Cyrtocara moorii

Cyrtocara moorii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Cyrtocara
Species: Cyrtocara moorii

Name

Cyrtocara moorii Boulenger, 1902

Holotype: BMNH 1906.9.7.26.

Type locality: Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

Synonyms

• Cyrtocara moorei Boulenger, 1902
• Cyrtocara moori Boulenger, 1902
• Haplochromis moori (Boulenger, 1902)
• Haplochromis moorii (Boulenger, 1902)

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: Diagnoses of new cichlid fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Nyassa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7), 10 (55): 69–71. BHL
• Maréchal, C. 1991: [Many cichlid genera and species accounts.] In: Daget et al. 1991. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA. Vol. 4.

Links

• Cyrtocara moorii in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Hump-head