Aulonocara jacobfreibergi: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Aulonocara
- Species
- Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
- Scientific Name
- Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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.
It is endemic to Malawi where it has been observed at Nkudzi, Monkey Bay, Nankumba, Domwe Islands and Otter Point in Lake Malawi.
The specific name honours the fish importer Jacob Freiberg of Verona, New Jersey who was the co-collector of the type.
...Aulonocara jacobfreibergi in languages:
- Czech
- tlamovec Freibergův
- English
- Jacobfreibergi Peacock-Cichlid
- English
- Freiberg's Peacock-Cichlid
- English
- Fairy Cichlid
- English
- Fairy Peacock
- English
- African Butterfly Peacock
- English
- Fairy Peacock Cichlid
- English
- Malawi butterfly
- Estonian
- Njassa keiserkirevahven
- Finnish
- Keijukeisariahven
- German
- Feenbuntbarsch
- Russian
- Аулонокара Фрайберга
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aulonocara aquilonium
- Aulonocara auditor
- Aulonocara baenschi
- Aulonocara brevinidus
- Aulonocara ethelwynnae
- Aulonocara gertrudae
- Aulonocara guentheri
- Aulonocara hueseri
- Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
- Aulonocara kandeense
- Aulonocara koningsi
- Aulonocara korneliae
- Aulonocara maylandi
- Aulonocara nyassae
- Aulonocara rostratum
- Aulonocara saulosi
- Aulonocara stonemani
- Aulonocara stuartgranti
- Aulonocara trematocephalum