Aulonocara_stuartgranti

Flavescent peacock

Flavescent peacock

Species of fish

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.

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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

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  1. [1]
    Konings, A. (2018). "Aulonocara stuartgranti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T120689838A120689903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T120689838A120689903.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Aulonocara stuartgranti" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. [3]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aulonocara stevenii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aulonocara hansbaenschi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  5. [5]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Aulonocara steveni" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  6. [6]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Aulonocara hansbaenschi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  7. [7]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 December 2018.


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