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Sulfurhead aulonocara
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Aulonocara
Species: A. maylandi
Binomial name
Aulonocara maylandi
Trewavas, 1984

The sulfurhead aulonocara (Aulonocara maylandi) or sulfurhead peacock is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi in the country of Malawi and has only been observed on West Reef (Luwala Reef) and Eccles Reef (Chimwalani Reef). It is threatened by collection for the aquarium trade and this has caused a 70% reduction in numbers. In this mouthbrooding species, the eggs are cared for by the females only, and it is found over mixed sand and rocky areas where they hunt small invertebrates in the sand. It closely resembles the blue orchid aulonocara (Aulonocara kandeense) though it develops a yellow blaze across its dorsal In the past these two taxa have been considered to be subspecies. The specific name honours Hans-Joachim Mayland, an author on cichlids and a fishkeeper, brought the species to the attention of Ethelwynn Trewavas.

Sources

  1. ^ Konings, A. (2018). "Aulonocara maylandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61067A148658797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61067A148658797.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aulonocara maylandi". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. "Aulonocara maylandi TREWAVAS, 1984 Sulphurhead Peacock". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Aulonocara maylandi


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