Flavescent peacock
Species of fish
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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.
| Flavescent peacock | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Aulonocara |
| Species: | A. stuartgranti |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulonocara stuartgranti M. K. Meyer & Riehl, 1985 | |
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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]
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