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Melanochromis auratus, the auratus cichlid, is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. It is also known as golden mbuna and Malawi golden cichlid.It is endemic to the southern region of Lake Malawi, particularly from Jalo Reef southward along the entire western coast down to Crocodile Rocks.
Melanochromis is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in Eastern Africa. Ecologically, they belong to the rock-dwelling mbuna cichlids of Lake Malawi. Melanochromis are typically small, slim but muscular fishes with lengthwise stripes of black, yellow and blue. They usually display strong sexual dichromatism.
Auratus comes from the Latin root aurat-, meaning "gold" or "golden", and is consequently used to designate species of this colour. Species labelled auratus include: The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus; The goldfish, Carassius auratus; The golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus; A fish called the Malawi golden cichlid, Melanochromis auratus
Cichlids belonging to any of the genera listed below are considered mbuna. An electric yellow cichlid, Labidochromis caeruleus. Labidochromis sp. Rusty cichlid,Iodotropheus sprengerae Labeotropheus fuelleborni Pseudotropheus "acei" Female M. auratus. Abactochromis Oliver & Arnegard 2010; Chindongo Shan Li, Konings and Stauffer, 2016 ...
Like some other large cichlid genera, such as Cichlasoma, a number of related fishes have been recently reassigned to different genera such as Tropheops or Maylandia. Some species of Melanochromis in turn have been moved into Pseudotropheus. There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus: [1] Pseudotropheus ater Stauffer, 1988
Red zebra cichlid: Maylandia estherae: 8 cm (3.1 in) Kenyi cichlid: Maylandia lombardoi: 13 cm (5.1 in) Zebra mbuna: Maylandia zebra: 11 cm (4.3 in) Auratus cichlid, Malawi golden cichlid: Melanochromis auratus: 10 cm (3.9 in) Chipokee cichlid: Melanochromis chipokae: 12 cm (4.7 in) Blue johanni cichlid, Maingano: Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos ...
Spangled cichlid (Limnochromis auritus) Limnochromis staneri; Limnotilapia dardennii; Lobochilotes labiatus; Maylandia barlowi; Maylandia crabro; Maylandia elegans; Maylandia fainzilberi; Maylandia livingstonii; Zebra mbuna (Maylandia zebra) Golden mbuna (Melanochromis auratus) Melanochromis benetos; Melanochromis brevis; Melanochromis labrosus ...
Diapterus auratus: Jack Dempsey: Rocio octafasciata: Jack-knifefish: Equetus lanceolatus: Jaguar guapote Parachromis managuensis: Jewel fish Hemichromis letourneuxi: Jolthead porgy: Calamus bajonado: Keel-jawed needlefish: Tylosurus acus: Keeltail needlefish: Platybelone argalus: Key brotula Ogilbia cayorum: Key silverside: Menidia conchorum ...
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