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Melanochromis auratus (Malawi golden cichlid; Golden pseudotropheus; Golden mbuna; Golden cichlid)

Synonyms: Chromis aurata; Chromis auratus; Pseudotropheus auratus; Tilapia aurata
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Wikipedia Abstract

The auratus cichlid, Melanochromis auratus, 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.
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Parasitized by 
Acanthogyrus tilapiae[1]

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0