Nkhomo-benga peacock
Aulonocara baenschi
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A peacock cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi, known from the Nkhomo reef and nearby, where it lives in sandy areas with scattered rocks and hunts bottom invertebrates. It is critically endangered by collection for the aquarium trade. The female mouthbroods the eggs.
- Scientific name
- Aulonocara baenschi
- Family
- Cichlidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Order
- Cichliformes
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 25–29 °C
- pH
- 7.5–9
- General hardness (GH)
- 10–25 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 13 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Mouthbrooder
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Critically endangered (CR)
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