Aulonocara auditor is a species of haplochromine cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. It was known only from the holotype collected in northern Lake Malawi near Vua, Malawi.[1] The IUCN state that this species may possibly be extinct due to beach seining within its limited range but there are claims that it was observed in 1989 and was quite numerous,[3] although this was later retracted and it was stated that these observations referred to Aulonocara aquilonium. Following an examination of the holotype, this examination also suggests that A. auditor may not be a species of Aulonocara and that more material needs to be collected and studied.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Aulonocara |
| Species: | A. auditor
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| Aulonocara auditor | |
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Trematocranus auditor Trewavas, 1935 | |
References
edit- ^ a b Konings, A. (2018). "Aulonocara auditor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61056A47231303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61056A47231303.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aulonocara auditor". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ Ad Konings (10 September 1996). "Aulonocara auditor (Trewavas, 1935)". Cichlid Room Companion. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Ad Konings (1995). "A review of the sand-dwelling species of the genus Aulonocara, with the description of three new species". The Cichlids Yearbook. 5: 26–36.
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