| Common name | Aulonocara white top |
| Language | English |
| Type | Aquarium |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Malawi |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Maréchal, C., 1991 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | Aquarium trade name. 'Aulonocara', i.e., 'tubehead', from Greek 'aulos', i.e., tube and 'kara', i.e., head (p.46, Ref. 26921); 'white', from Indo-European '*kwitnos' or '*kwidnos', formed from same base as Sanskrit 'sveta', i.e., white and Russian 'svet', i.e., light (p. 573, Ref. 11979); |