Aulonocara
| Aulonocara | |
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| Male fairy cichlid (A. hansbaenschi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Haplochromini |
| Genus: | Aulonocara Regan, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Aulonocara nyassae Regan, 1922
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Aulonocara is a
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
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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)
- , 1987 (Chitande aulonocara)
- Aulonocara gertrudae Konings, 1995
- Aulonocara guentheri Eccles, 1989
- , 1987 (Fort Maguire aulonocara)
- 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
- , 1987 (greenface aulonocara)
- , 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
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- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Aulonocara in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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