Original description as Aulonocara hueseri:
ZooBank:66393932-F272-4A11-8639-A8633384034A.
- Meyer, Manfred & R. Riehl, H. Zetzsche. 1987. "A revision of the cichlid fishes of the genus Aulonocara Regan, 1922 from Lake Malawi, with descriptions of six new species (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae).". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 7-53 (crc00062)
Conservation: Aulonocara hueseri is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2006). Data is deficient. I believe there is no threat to this species and only its restricted distribution around Likoma Island may have triggered the Vulnerability state on the list.