Aulonocara aquilonium

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Aulonocara aquilonium
Species Authority:	Konings, 1995

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 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)
Contributor/s:
Justification: The species is restricted to a single location at Mdoka in the northern part of Lake Malawi.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Malawi where it is restricted to Mdokas in the northern part of the lake.
Countries:	Native: Malawi
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Occurs at depths of approximately 20 m. Foraging females and non territorial males congregate in large schools on the sand between or near rocks at depths varying from 12–25 m. Territorial males defend a small patch of sand against conspecific males only. Abundant at the rock sand interfaces near Mdoka in November and December. It has been exported as "Aulonocara Auditor" in the aquarium trade.
Systems:	Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

Occurs at depths of approximately 20 m. Foraging females and non territorial males congregate in large schools on the sand between or near rocks at depths varying from 12–25 m. Territorial males defend a small patch of sand against conspecific males only. Abundant at the rock sand interfaces near Mdoka in November and December. It has been exported as "Aulonocara Auditor" in the aquarium trade.

Systems:

Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Potentially the aquarium trade.

Major Threat(s):

Potentially the aquarium trade.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Citation:	Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. 2006. Aulonocara aquilonium. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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