Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi, the eureka red peacock, is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is also known as Freiberg's peacock or fairy cichlid. There are several colour morphs including red or yellow. They generally can grow to around 15 cm in length.
| Eureka red peacock | |
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| Red morph | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Aulonocara |
| Species: | A. jacobfreibergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (D. S. Johnson, 1974) | |
Yellow morph
It is endemic to Malawi where it has been observed at Nkudzi, Monkey Bay, Nankumba, Domwe Islands and Otter Point in Lake Malawi.[2]
The specific name honours the fish importer Jacob Freiberg of Verona, New Jersey who was the co-collector of the type.[3]
References
- Konings, A.; Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. (2018). "Aulonocara jacobfreibergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61065A47231825. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61065A47231825.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Aulonocara jacobfreibergi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- 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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