Aulonocara trematocephala
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Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
ACTINOPTERYGII |
PERCIFORMES |
CICHLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Aulonocara trematocephala |
| Species Authority: |
(Boulenger, 1901) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
This species is only known from its holotype whose locality was erroneously recorded as from the"north end of Lake Tanganyika" and described as Tilapia trematocephala. It was suggested later, that it belongs to the Malawi cichlid group and was initially included in the genus Trematocranus (Eccles and Trewavas 1989, Konings 1995). |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Data Deficient
ver 3.1
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| Year Assessed: |
2006 |
| Assessor/s: |
Kasembe, J. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme) |
Justification:
Known only from the holotype. The type locality is unknown: it was recorded as from the "north end of Lake Tanganyika".
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Endemic to Lake Malawi.
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Population
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| Population: |
No information available.
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
This species is only known from its holotype (ripe male, 72 mm standard length) whose locality was erroneously recorded as from the "north end of Lake Tanganyika" and described as Tilapia trematocephala. It was suggested later, that it belongs to the Malawi cichlid group and was initially included in the genus Trematocranus (Konings 1995). Currently it is not known whether this is a valid species or whether it is conspecific to an already known species.
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| Systems: |
Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
No information.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
No information available.
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Bibliography
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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.
Konings, A. 1995. Malawi Cichlids in their Natural Habitat. Second Edition. Cichlid Press, St. Leon-Rot, Germany.
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