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Convict Cichlids
Amatitlania
Amatitlania is a genus of cichlid fishes from Central America from El Salvador and Guatemala to Panama. The genus is closely related to Archocentrus and Cryptoheros, and contains the convict cichlids that were previously placed in those genera.(All text before this was copy pasted from Google) The genus was erected by Juan Schmitter-Soto in 2007 based on a study of the Archocentrus complex. However, a 2008 study led by Oldrich Rican has suggested that all the...
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Convict Cichlid
speciesAmatitlania nigrofasciata
Avocado Cichlid
speciesAmatitlania siquia
Seven-striped Cichlid
speciesAmatitlania septemfasciata
T-bar Cichlid
speciesAmatitlania sajica
Panama Convict Cichlid
speciesAmatitlania kanna
Topaz Cichlid
speciesAmatitlania myrnae
Yellow Dwarf Cichlid
speciesAmatitlania nanolutea
Lago Coatepeque Convict Cichlid
speciesAmatitlania coatepeque
Amatitlania altoflava
speciesAmatitlania altoflava
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86371.