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This is similar to other diurnal cichlids, where visual clues play an important role in the behavior, including breeding. [2] The speckled or three-barred peacock bass ( C. temensis ) in particular has caused problems due to its extensive variation, but the speckled pattern has now been shown to be present in nonbreeders and the three-barred ...
Aulonocara is a genus of haplochromine cichlids endemic to Lake Malawi in East Africa. All Aulonocara species are maternal mouth brooders. Particularly in the aquarium hobby, Aulonocara species are also known as peacock cichlids, aulonocaras or simply "peacocks". This genus is strongly sexually dichromic, even by haplochromine standards.
Cichla temensis, the speckled peacock bass, painted pavon, royal pavon, speckled pavon, three-barred peacock bass, or striped tucunare, is a very large South American cichlid. Reaching nearly 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, it is the largest cichlid of the Americas , and one of the largest extant cichlids in the world.
Pit spawning, also referred to as substrate breeding, is a behavior in cichlid fish in which a fish builds a pit in the sand or ground, where a pair court and consequently spawn. [67] Many different factors go into this behavior of pit spawning, including female choice of the male and pit size, as well as the male defense of the pits once they ...
The Nkhomo-benga peacock inhabits sandy areas interspersed with rocks where it hunts small invertebrates, [3] which are detected in the sand using enlarged cephalic pores. [1] Feeding may be by sifting the substrate in its mouth or by using a more active predatory method where it watches the substrate for movement and grabs the prey item. [2]
Cichla monoculus, sometimes known as the tucanare peacock bass [citation needed] ("peacock bass" is also used for some of its relatives) or toukounaré, [1] is a very large species of cichlid, and a prized game fish.