Aulonocara Regan, 1922

Original description:

• Regan, Charles Tate. 1922. "The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Nyassa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1921(pt 4)36:675-727 (crc00066)

Type species: Aulonocara nyassae Regan, 1922 (monotypy).

Described species included (22):

• Tilapia trematocephala Boulenger, 1901 (valid)
• Aulonocara nyassae Regan, 1922 (valid)
• Trematocranus auditor Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
• Aulonocara rostrata Trewavas, 1935 (valid)
• Aulonocara macrochir Trewavas, 1935 (synonym)
• Haplochromis stonemani Burgess & Axelrod, 1973 (valid)
• Trematocranus jacobfreibergi Johnson, 1974 (valid)
• Aulonocara maylandi Trewavas, 1984 (valid)
• Aulonocara baenschi Meyer & Riehl, 1985 (valid)
• Aulonocara stuartgranti Meyer & Riehl, 1985 (valid)
• Aulonocara ethelwynnae Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (valid)
• Aulonocara hueseri Meyer, 1987 (valid)
• Aulonocara korneliae Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (valid)
• Aulonocara saulosi Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (valid)
• Aulonocara hansbaenschi Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (synonym)
• Aulonocara steveni Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (synonym)
• Aulonocara maylandi kandeensis Tawil & Allgayer, 1988 (valid)
• Aulonocara guentheri Eccles, 1989 (valid)
• Aulonocara gertrudae Konings, 1995 (valid)
• Aulonocara aquilonium Konings, 1995 (valid)
• Aulonocara brevinidus Konings, 1995 (valid)
• Aulonocara koningsi Tawil, 2003 (valid)

Potentially undescribed species (27):

• sp. 'chitande type masinje' (undescribed)
• sp. 'stuartgranti maleri' (undescribed)
• sp. 'nyassae mumbo' (undescribed)
• sp. 'chitande type kande' (undescribed)
• sp. 'chitande type mozambique' (undescribed)
• sp. 'chitande type nkhomo' (undescribed)
• sp. 'chitande type north' (undescribed)
• sp. 'jalo' (undescribed)
• sp. 'lwanda' (undescribed)
• sp. 'pyramid' (undescribed)
• sp. 'trematocranus masinje' (undescribed)
• sp. 'walteri' (undescribed)
• sp. 'yellow collar' (undescribed)
• sp. 'copper' (undescribed)
• sp. 'minutus' (undescribed)
• sp. 'deep' (undescribed)
• sp. 'deep yellow' (undescribed)
• sp. 'gold' (undescribed)
• sp. 'green' (undescribed)
• sp. 'long' (undescribed)
• sp. 'cf. macrochir' (undescribed)
• sp. 'orange' (undescribed)
• sp. 'yellow' (undescribed)
• sp. 'blue chilumba' (undescribed)
• sp. 'brevirostris nkhata' (undescribed)
• sp. 'brown black-pelvic' (undescribed)
• sp. 'brown piper' (undescribed)

Species groups:

• Cave-dwellers (Konings, 1995)

sp. 'jalo', sp. 'lwanda', sp. 'trematocranus masinje', sp. 'walteri', jacobfreibergi,

• Chitande Types (Konings, 1995)

sp. 'chitande type masinje', sp. 'chitande type kande', sp. 'chitande type mozambique', sp. 'chitande type nkhomo', sp. 'chitande type north', sp. 'yellow collar', ethelwynnae,

• Deep water (Konings, 1995)

sp. 'nyassae mumbo', stonemani,

• Maylandi (Konings, 1995)

maylandi, kandeense,

• Sand-dwelling (Konings, 1995)

sp. 'pyramid', trematocephalum, nyassae, auditor, rostratum, guentheri, gertrudae, aquilonium, brevinidus,

• Saulosi (Konings, 1995)

saulosi,

• Stuartgranti (Konings, 1995)

sp. 'stuartgranti maleri', baenschi, stuartgranti, hueseri, korneliae, koningsi.