Tropheus moorii

Tropheus moorii

Taxobox
name =
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1



image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Tropheus Moorii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
genus = Tropheus
species = "T. moorii"
binomial = Tropheus moorii
binomial_authority = (Boulenger, 1898)

The blunthead cichlid, "Tropheus Moorii", is a species of African Cichlids found in Lake Tanganyika. There are over 40 different morphs of this species disbursed throughout the lake. The fish comes in many colors and patterns ranging from dark green to flame red and yellow. They are found in many rock formations in shallow water eating algae which comprises most of their diet. Tropheus are mouthbrooders they fertilize, carry eggs and babysit young fry in the mouth of the female. They are usually found in groups with males being extremely territorial and breeding with many females in the group.

ee also

*List of freshwater aquarium fish species

References

*FishBase_species_alt|ID=8982|taxon=Tropheus moorii|year=2006|month=December


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