Greenface aulonocara

The greenface aulonocara (Aulonocara saulosi) is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi.[2]

Greenface aulonocara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Aulonocara
Species:
A. saulosi
Binomial name
Aulonocara saulosi
M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987

It is found in Malawi and Tanzania, is widespread in Lake Malawi but is nowhere common and it is threatened by collection for the aquarium trade.[1]

The specific name honours Saulos Mwale, of Salima, Malawi, who worked as a diver and mechanic for the cichlid exporter Stuart M. Grant and who discovered a number of Malawian cichlids.[3]

References

  1. Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P. (2018). "Aulonocara saulosi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61071A47232176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61071A47232176.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Aulonocara saulosi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 December 2018.


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