Aulonocara jacobfreibergi

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Cichlids ; Northern populations occur in pure rocky habitats and in places with large boulders , while southern populations are found in intermediate habitats and males occupy small caves (Ref. 5595).

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: Southern populations occur in intermediate habitats while northern populations inhabit rocky habitats. Breeding males have territories inside caves, which they defend. A nest is not constructed so breeding takes place on a rock or sand . Large caves can hold several breeding males. Females forage on the sandy cave bottoms . Known as "Malawi Butterfly, Trematocranus trevori, Trematocranus jacobfreigbergi and Trematocranus regina" in the aquarium trade.[1].

List of Habitats:

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aulonocara huserai Meyer • Aulonocara jacobfreibergi • Riehl & Zetzsche • Trematocranus jacobfreibergi • Trematocranus jacobfreibergi Johnson • Trematocranus jacobfreibergi Johnson, 1974

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 17-Mar-1994

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)

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Further Reading

• Eccles, D.H. and Trewavas, E. 1989. Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, Herten, Germany.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
• Johnson, D.S. 1974. Three new cichlids from Lake Malawi. Today's Aquarist 1(3): 38–42.
• Konings, A. (1990). Ad Konings's book of cichlids and all the other fishes of Lake Malawi. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, N.J., 495 p.
• 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.
• Maréchal, C. (1991). Aulonocara. p. 11-17. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 21, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Hall, Chael Chael Hall's Aquarium Pictures
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. 2006. Aulonocara jacobfreibergi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 121142
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23921
• Fishbase Species ID: 2184
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169885
• IUCN ID: 193560
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 103625

Footnotes

1. Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. 2006. Aulonocara jacobfreibergi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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