The Fort Maguire aulonocara (Aulonocara hansbaenschi), also known as Aulonocara 'Fort Maguire' in the aquarium fish trade, is a species of haplochromine cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi.

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Fort Maguire aulonocara
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Aulonocara
Species:
A. hansbaenschi
Binomial name
Aulonocara hansbaenschi
M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987
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It is found in Malawi and Mozambique. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. This species is treated as junior synonym of Aulonocara stuartgranti by the IUCN and the Catalog of Fishes,[1][2] but FishBase treat it as a valid species.[3]

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