Biology:Flavescent peacock

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Flavescent peacock
Frankfurt Zoo - Aulonocara stuartgranti Usisya.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Aulonocara
Species:
A. stuartgranti
Binomial name
Aulonocara stuartgranti
M. K. Meyer & Riehl, 1985
Synonyms[1]
  • Aulonocara steveni Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987
  • Aulonocara hansbaenschi Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987

The flavescent peacock (Aulonocara stuartgranti), also known as Grant's peacock, is a species of haplochromine cichlid. Its common name refers to its "flavescent" (yellowish) colour.

It is endemic to Lake Malawi where found in the countries of in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.[2]

The species Aulonocara steveni and A. hansbaenschi are treated as junior synonyms of A. stuartgranti by the IUCN and the Catalog of Fishes,[1][3][4] but FishBase treat it as a valid species.[5][6]

The specific name honours Stuart M. Grant (1937-2007), an exporter of cichlids from lake Malawi for the aquarium trade.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Konings, A. (2018). "Aulonocara stuartgranti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T120689838A120689903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T120689838A120689903.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120689838/120689903. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Aulonocara stuartgranti" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Aulonocara stevenii". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=7649. 
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Aulonocara hansbaenschi". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=7645. 
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Aulonocara steveni" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  6. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Aulonocara hansbaenschi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  7. "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/. Retrieved 1 December 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q168597 entry