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Aulonocara koningsi Tawil, 2003

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> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Aulonocara: Greek, aulos = flute + Greek, kara = face, head (Ref. 45335)koningsi: Named after Ad Konings, whose work on the Malawi cichlids in general and the genus Aulonocara in particular has largely contributed to our knowledge of these fish (Ref. 55928).
Eponymy: Dr Adrianus Franciscus Johannes Marinus Maria ‘Ad’ Konings (d: 1956) is a Dutch ichthyologist, cichlid aquarist, photographer, writer and publisher who began collecting cichlids at the age of fourteen. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 25 m (Ref. 55929). Tropical

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Africa: endemic to Lake Malawi, only known from Mbenji Island in Malawi (Ref. 55929).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.2 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55929)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 15 - 16; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 8 - 11; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 6 - 8. Diagnosis: dorsal profile rounded; territorial males uniformely blue; egg spots on anal fin absent or strongly reduced; melanin pattern of females and non-territorial males with vertical bars, often connected ventrally; spots on flanks present (Ref. 55929).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabits intermediate zone between rocks and sand; feeds on sandy patches between rocks; males hold territories and excavate beneath rocks to construct their spawning burrow; females occur in small groups of 4 to 5 individuals (Ref. 55929).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaboratori

Tawil, P., 2003. Aulonocara koningsi n. sp., un cichlidé nouveau du lac Malawi apparenté à Aulonocara stuartgranti (Pisces: Teleostei: Cichlidae). L'An Cichlidé 3:89-98. (Ref. 55929)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00674 - 0.03099), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming Fec<1000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).