After Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The FishBase”] and Oliver, 1997-2005 [“The cichlid fishes of Lake Mala^wi, Africa”]

<==o Aulonocara Regan, 1922 [17]
   |-- A. sp. “gold”
   |-- A. sp. “stuartgranti maleri”
   |-- A. aquilonium Konings, 1995
   |-- A. auditor (Trewavas, 1935)
   |-- A. baenschi Meyer & Riehl, 1985 (Nkhomo-benga peacock)
   |-- A. brevinidus Konings, 1995
   |-- A. brevirostre (Trewavas, 1935) [A. brevirostris]
   |-- A. ethelwynnae Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (Chitande Aulonocara)
   |-- A. gertrudae Konings, 1995
   |-- A. guentheri Eccles, 1989
   |-- A. hansbaenschi Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 [=? A. stuartgranti] (Aulonocara “Fort Maguire”)
   |-- A. hueseri Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (Night Aulonocara)
   |-- A. jacobfreibergi (Johnson, 1974) (Fairy cichlid)
   |-- A. koningsi Tawil, 2003
   |-- A. korneliae Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (Aulonocara chizumulu)
   |-- A. macrochir Trewavas, 1935
   |--o A. maylandi
   |  |-- A. m. kandeensis Tawil & Allgayer, 1987 (Blue orchid Aulonocara)
   |  `-- A. m. maylandi Trewavas, 1984 (Sulfurhead Aulonocara)
   |-- A. nyassae Regan, 1922 (Emperor cichlid)
   |-- A. rostratum Trewavas, 1935
   |-- A. saulosi Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (Greenface Aulonocara)
   |-- A. steveni Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 [=? A. stuartgranti] (Pale Usisya Aulonocara)
   |-- A. stuartgranti Meyer & Riehl, 1985 (Flavescent peacock)
   `-- A. trematocephalum (Boulenger, 1901)

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