Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Aulonocara

Species: Aulonocara brevinidus Konings, 1995

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in sandy areas (Ref. 40898). Males territorial and defend a very shallow spawning pit (Ref. 40898).

Habitat

benthopelagic