Mastacembelus moorii

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]

Mastacembelus moorii
Mastacembelus moorii

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Genus: Mastacembelus
Species:
M. moorii
Binomial name
Mastacembelus moorii
Boulenger, 1898
Synonyms[2]
  • Aethiomastacembelus moori (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Afromastacembelus moorii (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Caecomastacembelus moorii (Boulenger, 1898)
  • Mastacembelus moorii nigrofasciatus David & Poll, 1937
  • Mastacembelus christyi Worthington & Ricardo, 1937

References
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Mastacembelus moorii" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. 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.


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