Aulonocara brevirostris

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Aulonocara brevirostris
Species Authority:	(Trewavas,1935)
Taxonomic Notes:	Taxonomic status uncertain.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s:	Kasembe, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: The species is only known from its type specimens.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Malawi. The species is only known from its type specimens. Type locality "Bar House", near the bar of the Shire river at the tip of the south eastern arm of the lake.
Countries:	Native: Malawi
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Two type specimens were collected: Lectotype and Paralectotype. These types were collected in an area of sandy/silt substrate.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

None identified.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

Eccles, D.H. and Trewavas, E. 1989. Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera. Lake Fish Movies, Herten, Germany. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Trewavas, E. 1935. A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)16: 65–118.