Sulfurhead aulonocara

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).[1] It is threatened by collection for the aquarium trade and this has caused a 70% reduction in numbers.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] The specific name honours Hans-Joachim Mayland, an author on cichlids and a fishkeeper, brought the species to the attention of Ethelwynn Trewavas.[4]

Sulfurhead aulonocara
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

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.) (2018). "Aulonocara maylandi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. "Aulonocara maylandi TREWAVAS, 1984 Sulphurhead Peacock". Serioulsy 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.


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