Biology:Flavescent peacock
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Short description: Species of fish
| Flavescent peacock | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Aulonocara |
| Species: | A. stuartgranti
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| Aulonocara stuartgranti M. K. Meyer & Riehl, 1985
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Aulonocara stuartgranti" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Aulonocara steveni" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Aulonocara hansbaenschi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ "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
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