Aulonocara sp.

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil, Çapar, Osman Bahadir & Golani, Daniel, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5369 (4), pp. 451-484 : 465

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:62878FA8-7CC7-462C-9FBF-C9BAEF177855
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10248160
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8B3A-8F01-6074-95F1-D372FB2DBED0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Aulonocara sp.
status

Treatment

Aulonocara sp. [I]—Peacock cichlids; None

Status in Israel. First record from Israel by Golani et al. (2022).—Israel material: HUJ.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: Nahal Amal.—Distribution in River Basin: 2-Dead Sea Basin.— General distribution: Aulonocara is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. Introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species inhabits over sand in intermediate habitats. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Remarks. Established a large population in Nahal Amal. This species has yet to be identified.