Aulonocara

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Aulonocara
Species: A. aquilonium – A. auditor – A. baenschi – A. brevinidus – A. brevirostre – A. ethelwynnae – A. gertrudae – A. guentheri – A. hansbaenschi – A. hueseri – A. jacobfreibergi – A. koningsi – A. korneliae – A. macrochir – A. maylandi – A. nyassae – A. rostratum – A. saulosi – A. steveni – A. stonemani – A. stuartgranti – A. trematocephalum
Name

Aulonocara Regan, 1922:726

Type species: Aulonocara nyassae Regan, 1922. Type by monotypy.
References

Regan, C.T. 1922: The cichlid fishes of Lake Nyassa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1921 (pt 4) (36): 675–727, Pls. 1-6. BHL
Konings, A. 1995: Lake Malawi cichlids. A review of the sand-dwelling species of the genus Aulonocara, with the description of three new species. The Cichlids Yearbook. 5: 26–36.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names
English: Aulonocara Fish

Aulonocara is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. All Aulonocara species are maternal mouth brooders. Particularly in the aquarium hobby, Aulonocara species are also known as peacock cichlids, aulonocaras or simply "peacocks". This genus is strongly sexually dichromic, even by haplochromine standards.

As aquarium fish, they are best kept with other medium-sized nonaggressive cichlids from Lake Malawi. All peacock cichlids are known to be less aggressive than their Mbuna counterparts, and thrive in warmer waters that have a slightly basic pH.
Species
Female of an unidentified Aulonocara species

The 22 recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Aulonocara aquilonium Konings, 1995
Aulonocara auditor (Trewavas, 1935)
Aulonocara baenschi M. K. Meyer & Riehl, 1985 (nkhomo-benga peacock)
Aulonocara brevinidus Konings, 1995
Aulonocara brevirostre (Trewavas, 1935)
Aulonocara ethelwynnae M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (Chitande aulonocara)
Aulonocara gertrudae Konings, 1995
Aulonocara guentheri Eccles, 1989
Aulonocara hansbaenschi M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (Fort Maguire aulonocara)
Aulonocara hueseri M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche 1987 (night aulonocara)
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (D. S. Johnson, 1974) (Freiberg's peacock, eureka red peacock, fairy cichlid)
Aulonocara kandeense Tawil & Allgayer, 1987 (blue orchid aulonocara)
Aulonocara koningsi Tawil, 2003
Aulonocara korneliae M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (Chizumulu aulonocara)
Aulonocara maylandi Trewavas, 1984 (sulfurhead peacock, sulfurhead aulonocara)
Aulonocara nyassae Regan, 1922 (emperor cichlid)
Aulonocara rostratum Trewavas, 1935
Aulonocara saulosi M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (greenface aulonocara)
Aulonocara steveni M. K. Meyer, Riehl & Zetzsche, 1987 (pale Usisya aulonocara)
Aulonocara stonemani (W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973)
Aulonocara stuartgranti M. K. Meyer & Riehl, 1985 (flavescent peacock)
Aulonocara trematocephala (Boulenger, 1901)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Aulonocara in FishBase. February 2013 version.