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Cichlidae
Greenface Aulonocara
Aulonocara saulosi
Sand twelve meters down holds its invertebrate meal
- Green
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Local endemic species
- Single-lake endemic
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Small
- Tropical fish
Green
Tropical
Africa
SmallGreenface Aulonocara is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Aulonocara
- Maximum length
- 9.2 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Africa: Endemic to Lake Malawi. Occurs in the eastern shore south of Mozambique border near Masinje.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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