Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8. Diagnosis: dorsal profile rounded; territorial males uniformely blue; egg spots on anal fin absent or strongly reduced; melanin pattern of females and non-territorial males with vertical bars, often connected ventrally; spots on flanks present (Ref. 55929).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Aulonocara

Species: Aulonocara koningsi Tawil, 2003

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits intermediate zone between rocks and sand; feeds on sandy patches between rocks; males hold territories and excavate beneath rocks to construct their spawning burrow; females occur in small groups of 4 to 5 individuals (Ref. 55929).

Habitat

benthopelagic