Greenface aulonocara
The greenface aulonocara (Aulonocara saulosi) is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi.[2]
| Greenface aulonocara | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Aulonocara saulosi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- 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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