| Mastacembelus moorii | |
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| Mastacembelus moorii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes |
| Family: | Mastacembelidae |
| Genus: | Mastacembelus |
| Species: | M. moorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Mastacembelus moorii Boulenger, 1898 | |
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Mastacembelus moorii is a species of fish in the family Mastacembelidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is a secretive species hiding among rocks or in the sediment in the littoral zone. It grows to a total length of 44 centimetres (17 in).[2] The specific name honours the leader of an expedition to Lake Tanganyika, the biologist John Edmund Sharrock Moore (1870-1947).[3]
References
- ^ Ntakimazi, G.; Vreven, E. (2006). "Mastacembelus moorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61270A12456238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61270A12456238.en.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Mastacembelus moorii" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (17 June 2019). "Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES: Families SYNBRANCHIDAE, CHAUDHURIIDAE, MASTACEMBELIDAE and INDOSTOMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 November 2019.