Overview
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Rock dwelling cichlid. Females forage
some distance
away from rocks.
Broods consist of numerous
(sometimes over 100) small fry
. Feeds
on molluscs
. Females known as "Blue Orchid Aulonocara" in
the aquarium
trade.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Labroidei
()
- Family:
Cichlidae
()
- Genus:
Aulonocara
()
- Regan, 1922
- Specific name:
kandeense
- Tawil & Allgayer, 1987
- Scientific name: - Aulonocara kandeense Tawil & Allgayer, 1987
- Specific name:
kandeense
- Tawil & Allgayer, 1987
- Genus:
Aulonocara
(
- Family:
Cichlidae
(
- Suborder:
Labroidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aulonocara
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. baenschi (Nkhomo-Benga Peacock) · A. brevirostre (Aulonocara Blue Gold) · A. ethelwynnae (Northern Aulonocara) · A. hansbaenschi (Aulonocara Fort Maguire) · A. hueseri (Aulonocara White Top) · A. jacobfreibergi (Malawi Butterfly) · A. korneliae (Aulonocara Chizumulu) · A. macrochir (Blue Orchid Aulonocara) · A. maylandi (Sulfurhead Aulonocara) · A. maylandi kandeensis (Blue Orchid Aulonocara) · A. maylandi maylandi (Sulfurhead Aulonocara) · A. nyassae (Emperor Cichlid) · A. saulosi (Aulonocara Metallic Green) · A. steveni (Pale Usisya Aulonocara) · A. stuartgranti (Chilumba Aulonocara) · A. stuartgranti maulana (Chilumba Aulonocara)
More Info
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Konings, A. 1990. Konings's Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City New Jersey.
- Konings, A. 1995. Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat. Second Edition. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. 2006. Aulonocara kandeense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11273582
- IUCN ID: 193561
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962187
Footnotes
- Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. 2006. Aulonocara kandeense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
