Biology:Fort Maguire aulonocara

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Fort Maguire aulonocara
Aulonocara hansbaenschi RB3.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Aulonocara
Species:
A. hansbaenschi
Binomial name
Aulonocara hansbaenschi
M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987

The Fort Maguire aulonocara (Aulonocara hansbaenschi), also known as Aulonocara 'Fort Maguire' in the aquarium fish trade, is a species of haplochromine cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi.

It is found in Malawi and Mozambique. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q168630 entry