Cyrtocara

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Cyrtocara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Cyrtocara
Boulenger, 1902
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Cyrtocara is a monotypic genus of cichlid fish. The single species, Cyrtocara moorii, is endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa. The species is popular amongst aquarium keepers where it is known as the humphead cichlid, blue dolphin cichlid, malawi dolphin or simply as moorii.

[edit] References

FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).

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