Aulonocara maylandi

Aulonocara maylandi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Aulonocara
Species: Aulonocara maylandi
Subspecies: A. m. kandeensis – A. m. maylandi

Name

Aulonocara maylandi Trewavas, 1984

Holotype: BMNH 1984.3.27.1. [Paratypes: BMNH 1984.3.27.2 (1), 1984.3.27.3-7 (5)].

Type locality: Eccles Reef, near Makanjila Point, eastern shore of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

References

• Trewavas, E. 1984: Un nom et une description pour l'Aulonocara (sulphur-head), Poisson cichlidé du lac Malawi. Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 11 (1): 7–10.
• Konings, A. 1995: Lake Malawi cichlids. A review of the sand-dwelling species of the genus Aulonocara, with the description of three new species. The Cichlids Yearbook. 5: 26–36.
• Aulonocara maylandi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Sulfurhead Aulonocara