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Aulonocara stonemani in Malawi

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Aulonocara stonemani   (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973)
Family:	Cichlidae (Cichlids) , subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae			picture (Austo_u0.jpg) by Turner, G.F.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4994)
Environment:	demersal ; depth range 55 - 80 m
Climate:	tropical; 13°S - 15°S
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming Fec<1000)
Distribution:	Africa: Endemic to the southeast and southwest arms of Lake Malawi.
Biology:	Probably found over a substrate consisting of mud or sand with a thick layer of sediment. Feeds on benthic entomostracans, particularly ostracods and chydorid cladocerans (Ref. 267)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Kullander, Sven O.
Main Ref:	Maréchal, C.. 1991. (Ref. 4994)
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Malawi country information
Common names:	Chisawasawa		Ref:  Nsiku, E., 1999
Status:	endemic		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Also Ref. 5595.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mi.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Maréchal, C., 1991
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	Modified:  Sa-a, Pascualita	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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