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Night aulonocara

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Night aulonocara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Aulonocara
Species:
A. hueseri
Binomial name
Aulonocara hueseri

The night aulonocara (Aulonocara hueseri) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae. It is endemic to Lake Malawi[1] and known from the Malawian part of the lake. It grows to 7.9 cm (3.1 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the cichlid aquarist Eberhard Hüser of Hildesheim in Germany.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Konings, A. (2018). "Aulonocara hueseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61064A47231767. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61064A47231767.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aulonocara hueseri". FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 December 2018.