A male (yellow) and female of Aulonocara baenschi,
from Meyer & Riehl (1985). The holotype
(SMF 20041, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt) and the 15 paratypes of this
species were collected on 30 March 1983 by Stuart Grant at Nkhomo, Malawi,
which is 8 km east of the town of Benga. The species was named for Dr.
Ulrich Baensch, founder of TetraWerke, the German fish-food and aquarium
products company.
Last Update: 24 May 1998
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