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Melanochromis auratus  (Boulenger, 1897)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 169969

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Tilapia auratus (Boulenger, 1897)
 
    Pseudotropheus auratus (Boulenger, 1897)
 
  Common Name(s): golden mbuna [English]
 
    Malawi golden cichlid [English]
 
    turquoise-gold cichlid [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyCichlidae  – cichlids, cichlidés, tilapias y mojarras de agua dulce  
                                     GenusMelanochromis Trewavas, 1935 – twostripe mbunas  
                                        SpeciesMelanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897) – golden mbuna, Malawi golden cichlid, turquoise-gold cichlid  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Melanochromis auratus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Daget, J., J.-P. Gosse, G. G. Teugels, and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde  
  Publication Date: 1991   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa, vol. 4   
  Page(s): xii + 740   
  Publisher: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturalles de Belgique   
  Publication Place: Bruxelles, Belgium   
  ISBN/ISSN: 907324203-7   
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  Reference for: Melanochromis auratus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch  
  Publication Date: 1989   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Aquarium Atlas   
  Page(s): 992   
  Publisher: Hans A. Baensch   
  Publication Place: Melle, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN: 3-88244-050-3   
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  Reference for: Melanochromis auratus   
       

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