Aulonocara brevinidus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Aulonocara brevinidus
Species Authority:	Konings, 1995

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: The species is widespread along the east coast of Lake Malawi. No major widespread threats identified.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Malawi. Restricted to the east coast of the lake where it has been observed at Masinje, Lupingu and Manda (Tanzania), Wikihi Mara Point & Chiloelo (Mozambique).
Countries:	Native: Malawi; Mozambique; Tanzania, United Republic of
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Occurs at depths of about 20 m. Males are territorial and defend shallow spawning pits or sometimes a sandy patch between small stones.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	None known.

Major Threat(s):

None known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

	IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Konings, A. 1995. A review of the sand-dwelling species of the genus Aulonocara, with the description of three new species In: The Cichlids Yearbook. Vol 5. pp. 26–36. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany. Konings, A. 1995. Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat. Second Edition. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany.

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

Konings, A. 1995. A review of the sand-dwelling species of the genus Aulonocara, with the description of three new species In: The Cichlids Yearbook. Vol 5. pp. 26–36. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany.

Konings, A. 1995. Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat. Second Edition. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany.

Citation:	Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. 2006. Aulonocara brevinidus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012.
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