| Eureka red peacock | |
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| Red morph | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Aulonocara |
| Species: | A. jacobfreibergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (D. S. Johnson, 1974) | |
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.
See also
References
- Konings, A.; Kazembe, J.; Makocho, P. (2018). "Aulonocara jacobfreibergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T61065A47231825. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T61065A47231825.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aulonocara jacobfreibergi". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- 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.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Aulonocara jacobfreibergi | |
| Trematocranus jacobfreibergi | |
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