| Aulonocara stonemani | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Aulonocara |
| Species: | A. stonemani |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulonocara stonemani (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Placidochromis stonemani (Burgess & Axelrod, 1973) | |
Aulonocara stonemani is a species of haplochromine cichlid. It is endemic to the southeastern and southwestern arms of Lake Malawi.
Aulonocara stonemani is found in deep waters (55–80 metres (180–262 ft)), over a substrate consisting of mud or sand with sediment layer. Its diet consists of feeds on small invertebrates sifted from the sediment. The maximum total length is 6 centimetres (2.4 in). It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
The specific name honours the Chief Fisheries Officer for Malawi, J. Stoneman, who helped ensure the success of the expedition the type was collected on.
References
- ^ Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. (2018). "Aulonocara stonemani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T60986A148667129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T60986A148667129.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aulonocara stonemani year-2018". FishBase.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order Cichliformes: Family Cichlidae: Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Aulonocara stonemani | |
| Haplochromis stonemani | |
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