Aulonocara saulosi

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 saulosi

Name

Aulonocara saulosi Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987

Holotype: SMF 21149. [Paratypes: SMF 21150 (9, now 7)].

Type locality: 8 kilimeters south of Masinje, east coast of Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa.

References

• Meyer, M.K., Riehl, R. & Zetzsche, H. 1987. A revision of the cichlid fishes of the genus Aulonocara Regan, 1922 from Lake Malawi, with descriptions of six new species (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 94: 7–53. PDF Reference page. 
• 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 saulosi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Greenface Aulonocara