Aulonocara korneliae

Aulonocara korneliae, known in the aquarium fish trade as the Aulonocara Chizumulu, Aulonocara blue gold or blue orchard Aulanocara, is a species of haplochromine cichlid.

Aulonocara korneliae

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Aulonocara
Species:
A. korneliae
Binomial name
Aulonocara korneliae
M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987

It is endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa, and only known from around the Chizumulu Island.[2]

The specific name honours the wife of Manfred K. Meyer, Kornelia Meyer.[3]

References

  1. Konings, A. (2018). "Aulonocara korneliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61066A47231888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61066A47231888.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Aulonocara korneliae" in FishBase. June 2018 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.


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