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Cichlidae
Fort Maguire Aulonocara
Aulonocara hansbaenschi
A tiny hunter hides behind cave mouths
- Tropical
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallFort Maguire Aulonocara is known around Africa as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 8.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Aulonocara
- Maximum length
- 8.4 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: endemic to the southern part of Lake Malawi, between Fort Maguire and Masinje.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
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Order
Family
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