Flavescent peacock
The flavescent peacock ("Aulonocara stuartgranti"), also known as Grant's peacock, is a species of haplochromine cichlid. Its common name refers to its "flavescent" (yellowish) colour. It is endemic to Lake Malawi where found in the countries of in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. The species "Aulonocara steveni" and "A. hansbaenschi are treated as junior synonyms of "A. stuartgranti" by the IUCN and the Catalog of Fishes, but FishBase treat it as a valid species. The specific name honours Stuart M. Grant (1937-2007), an exporter of cichlids from lake Malawi for the aquarium trade.