Cyrtocara

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Cyrtocara moorii.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = Konings, A. | year = 2018 | title = Cyrtocara moorii | volume = 2018 | page = e.T60920A47222800 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60920A47222800.en }}

| parent_authority = Boulenger, 1902

| taxon = Cyrtocara moorii

| display_parents = 3

| authority = Boulenger, 1902

}}

Cyrtocara moorii, commonly known as the hump-head, is a species of haplochromine cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi in east Africa where they prefer areas with sandy substrates. It can grow to a length of {{convert|20|cm|in}} TL. The species is popular among aquarium keepers where it is known as the hump-head cichlid, blue dolphin cichlid, Malawi dolphin or simply as moorii. It is currently the only known member of its genus.{{FishBase |genus= Cyrtocara|species= moorii| month = February | year = 2013}} The specific name honours the English cytologist and biologist John Edmund Sharrock Moore (1870-1947).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) | access-date= 4 December 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 July 2018}}