Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Males from the northern populations with a bright orange patch on shoulder (absent in southern populations) (Ref. 40898).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Aulonocara

Species: Aulonocara gertrudae Konings, 1995

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in sandy areas (Ref. 40898).

Habitat

benthopelagic