Pale Usisya aulonocara
The pale Usisya aulonocara (Aulonocara steveni) is a putative species of haplochromine cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi.
| Pale Usisya aulonocara | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Aulonocara |
| Species: | A. steveni |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulonocara steveni M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 | |
It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. This species is treated as junior synonym of Aulonocara stuartgranti by the IUCN and the Catalog of Fishes,[1][2] but FishBase treat it as a valid species.[3]
References
- Konings, A. (2018). "Aulonocara stuartgranti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T120689838A120689903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T120689838A120689903.en.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aulonocara stevenii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Aulonocara steveni" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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